You can't kiss all that trash away: But a few environmental groups in New Orleans plan to divert some of the plastic beads from landfill this year.
As people get ready for the parades and wild abandon of Mardi Gras, they're taking to Twitter to announce their intentions and scope out the action. We'll start you off with this one from the inimitable Dr. Ruth… Mardi Gras is
A reveler of the Beija Flor samba school performs at the Sambadrome during the first night of Rio de Janeiro's famed carnival parades on February 20, 2012. The night parades in Rio's hallowed Sambadrome marked the high point of the pre-Lent
For them and for the pagan in all of us, the mid-winter "season" of carnival and the indulgence of Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) brings some needed relief. We may think primarily of the lavish, over-the-top celebrations held annually in Rio de Janeiro and
By Sheila Stroup, The Times-Picayune When Ella Monsted Bright was a little girl, the official start of Mardi Gras morning for her was the sound of the first marching band in the Rex parade. That meant she could leave her maternal grandparents' house on
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