The citizens of New Orleans are always so creative with their costumes.
WWL TV's morning crew dressed up like The British Royal Family.
I loved Sheba Turk (in black) as Meghan Markle (of course). Chef Kevin Belton as The Queen (hilarious)
A lot of places in New Orleans make King Cake. There are now both sweet & savory varieties.
I always get one from Randazzo's but I tried Antoine's and it was SUPER AWESOME.
You pretty much eat and party the entire time during Mardi Gras.
I ate at Deanie's Seafood Restaurant and Market. It's not fancy, but the seafood is EXCELLENT.
Not on the menu are their ice cream pina colada's (ask for one ... THEY ARE SO GOOD).
Also order their GUMBO and MATE PLATE.
I made some shrimp creole the other night. It was really tasty.
I opened a bottle of Saracco Moscato D'Asti given to me for my birthday.
I decided not to cook for Mardi Gras. I ordered from Barrow's Restaurant.
I ordered their Shrimp Destyn Pasta, Crawfish Pasta Delight, Catfish King Platter, Catfish & Shrimp Combo Platter, Shrimp Po Boy, Oyster Po Boy and Baby Back Ribs.
Local TV Stations show all the parades on television. So I can just eat and enjoy ;)
I love this New Orleans inspired "What New Orleans Birthday Month Are You?" by Zatarains
Of course MY BIRTHDAY is in FEBRUARY, so I'm a KING CAKE BABY!
What's Mardi Gras without a parade!?! My favorites are Krewe D'Etat (a satirical parade). They made fun of local problems (such as New Orleans Sewage & Waterboard) to national issues (Epstein) to political issues (Nancy Pelosi "The Ripper", Trump of course etc). Bacchus is a night parade with beautiful floats.You can see all the parades on MardiGras.com and NOLA.com on YouTube. Unfortunately two people died this Mardi Gras season. So now the city is looking at float safety and the people trying to catch throws from the riders on the float. See past Mardi Gras here.
