It's Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras that is celebrated on the Gulf Coast. New Orleans is well known for its celebrations. Other towns that have a celebration is Biloxi, MS, Lafayette, LA, Shreveport, LA and Galveston, TX. But the city that is world famous for the parades and frolicking is New Orleans!
I'm going home in a few weeks, and it'll be festival season, meaning, it'll be Mardi Gras Season. You see, Mardi Gras is a season, it's not just on Fat Tuesday or the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Let me give you a little background from someone who grew up in Louisiana and has seen and been involved in many Mardi Gras celebrations...