Satire by Shawn Goodwin TonyfromOz prefaces ….. This is just so funny. Revelers, exhibitionists, and alcoholics across the country participated in Mardi Gras celebrations this week, completely oblivious to the Economic Katrina that is the Stimulus Package. People want a party, and they are not...

Just back a few days ago from a wonderful trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras--caught mucho mucho throws (that's a N.O euphemism for beads, flashing lights things and stuffed velveteen crawfish, etc.) One Mardi Gras highlight was the Zulu Crewe's floats and I even managed to capture the elusive cocon...

With only four pounds of butter, five pounds of sugar and six hours, you too can go from this: to this: Just for the record, I'm missing a fork and possibly part of a finger and the deliciousness of this cake seems to be directly responsible. For the curious among you I feel that a little recipe act...

Filed under: News It's Mardi Gras this week, and New Orleans has been living it up in honor of one the city's most famous holidays. It's not just Louisiana residents that are getting in on the action however. As Videogum reports, none other than Val "Iceman" Kilmer was on hand to help celebrate, dec...

I love Mardi Gras! I may have mentioned it before, but I do. I had planned on going to New Orleans this year for the festivities, and I was REALLY excited about it. But in the end, it just wasn't financially doable. With the bathroom remodel, a potential new roof this summer, not to mention that I s...

  We spent most of the weekend complaining about how peeved we were to be missing the New Orleans Mardi Gras, mainly venting to people standing next to us at New York's many Mardi Gras parties. It would've helped ease our guilty conscience over not supporting the Katrina-ravaged economy...

Filed under: Festivals and Events Here's a fun fact: Nearly 400 people were arrested in New Orleans this past weekend, forced to chill out at central lockup after being charged with public drunkenness, lewd contact, resisting arrest, disturbing the peace and a variety of other misdemeanors that are ...

On any normal day, try to get women to show you their boobs for 4-cent plastic beads and all you'll get is slapped in the face. But do the same thing at Mardi Gras and you'll have everyone from strippers to elementary school librarians clawing to get their tops off as fast as possible. Why, we have ...

In honor of it being The Greasing of the Poles:   Remember, the people on the parade pay between $500 – $2,000+  dollars to ride then they pay between $1,000 - $4,000 in beads/doubloons/throws for the parade.  If you paid that much for something – would you be very appreci...

  This is Go Girl, a funnel for women to urinate standing up anywhere they wouldn't want to touch the toilet (like one of those disgusting public toilets covered in pee from previous women doing the hover-squat), or anywhere there isn't a toilet (camping, hiking, or right around now, Ma...