I used to live in New Orleans when I was 
little... we'd go to the daytime parades. We had 
friends on St. Charles Place, so we'd make a 
weekend of it. Watch a parade, catch stuff, go 
back inside where it's warm!

I lived in the Galveston area not too long ago, 
and tried their Mardi Gras. Nice, but not nearly 
the same. *sniff*

And last week, I was at the upscale grocery store 
and found they had King Cakes in their bakery... 
I almost bought one, but it just felt so wrong to 
buy a cake with the baby sticking out. It's 
supposed to be inside the cake! It felt... so... 
imitation. :o)