More Than Beads, Booze and Boobs

There is admittedly a Girls Gone Wild element to Mardi Gras. You know, the intoxicated young women raising their shirts for beads and engaging in salacious sexual activity on the streets. That may be so for many tourists, but for natives like my family, Mardi Gras is a family-bonding time: cooking out and dancing to the bands marching by, all the while screaming for the beads and other trinkets thrown from the vibrantly decorated floats. I have never once ... Full Story »

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Kristin Gorski
3.8
by Kristin Gorski - Feb. 28, 2009

A balanced mix of personal reflection and connection to Mardis Gras, supported by relevant historical facts about the event. Information is supported by many outbound links and sources.

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