This is a city that has gone through cataclysm, and its citizens are desperately ready to let off some steam. This is… — Mary Herczog Copy Share Image
There's a thing I've dreamed of all my life, and I'll be damned if it don't look like it's about to come… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
Be sure to enjoy the trademark beverage of New Orleans named for the deadly storm surges that frequently decimate the city. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm supporting the New Orleans economy by maxing out my credit cards in a prolonged blackout. — Mardi Gras Copy Share Image
Yeah, I know, but word came from Artemis herself that she wanted him here. Looks like we’re having a psycho reunion this… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
In some countries Women's Day is a national holiday and men give women flowers. In America Women's Day falls on another holiday,… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
This Mardi Gras is about more than greed. It's a shout-out to everybody, and we're coming back strong. — Julio Cesar Copy Share Image
May this be the year we stop seeing New Orleans as a mismanaged natural disaster and return to identifying it with half-naked,… — Mardi Gras Copy Share Image
History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
Happy Fat Tuesday everyone! Indulge while you can, for we start fasting in the next few weeks to come. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Do what you do. This Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Twelfth Night, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Paddy's Day, and every… — Chris Rose Copy Share Image
In the dining room, next to my collection of colorful papier-mache Mardi Gras float art, hang draperies made of the New Orleans… — Bryan Batt Copy Share Image
Where are you from, Mr. Pendergast? Can't quite place the accent.” “New Orleans.” “What a coincidence! I went there for Mardi Gras… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You must be excited for the one day of the year when your behavior makes sense. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To encapsulate the notion of Mardi Gras as nothing more than a big drunk is to take the simple and stupid way… — Chris Rose Copy Share Image
Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our… — Chris Rose Copy Share Image
It's not a giant thing, like graduation, Mardi Gras, Halloween or New Year's. We do get business from it. That's why we… — Suzanne Smith Copy Share Image
The sky is purple, the flare of a match behind a cupped hand is gold; the liquor is green, bright green, made… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
