“If you say, ugh we can’t go to New Orleans, ugh it’s jam packed, well then just go to the Mardi Gras House Float!” His decorations will of course stay up throughout Carnival Season. Click ...

Mardi Gras can feel magical, but planning for it—costumes, suits, decorations, dances, and even parade throws (the trinkets float riders toss to spectators)—takes a year’s worth of hard work.

Mardi Gras decorations at the Gulf Coast Carnival Association float den in Biloxi on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald ...

Mardi Gras parades have returned this year and so have house floats. A tradition borne out of the pandemic has been embraced by both residents and business owners across New Orleans and beyond for ...

Mardi Gras parades may have returned but so have the house floats. ... She recalled how happy she felt seeing the decorations of the house float she created last year shimmer on her porch.

Lafayette Mardi Gras float stolen, stripped, ... The float had been stripped of decorations and left with flat tires, ... Lafayette Police's 'No Shave November' raises $2,155 to donate Faith House.

The “King Cocktail” Mardi Gras house float will be unveiled in the lobby of the Sazerac House on January 6 beginning at 11 a.m. Visitors are invited to participate in the float’s decoration and take ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, designer Caroline Thomas looks at a house decorated like a parade float in ...

Jessica Spencer, left, and Carley Sercovich discuss the progress of Mardi Gras "house float" decorations at Sercovich's home in the Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.

The King William House Float Parade is modeled after a similar event held in New Orleans after Mardi Gras was canceled. Here, Fiesta pennants flutter outside the Lavaca home of Derek and Lauren ...

The Krewe of Red Beans marching club produced some of the most popular Mardi Gras house floats in the whole Carnival 2021 home decorating craze. The spooky Dr. John-inspired house ...

Last November, when it was clear the COVID-19 pandemic would not end in time, the New Orleans mayor announced that the city’s annual winter Mardi Gras event would be canceled. One resident, 38 ...