The old town of New Orleans boasts charming buildings, lively Bourbon Street with many jazz bars and a year-round Mardi Gras feel. You’ll also find ... along with other plastic mementos and doubloons.

Way before COVID and its related mask requirements ... cinnamon roll and iced in the traditional Mardi Gras colors. Hidden within the cake is a plastic baby to represent the baby Jesus.

Known for its spectacular parades, floats, marching bands, throws, and King cake, Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration in New Orleans. The first recorded Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans took ...

Mardi Gras comes to a close on Tuesday night ... In both versions, small charms, usually plastic baby figurines that represent Jesus, are hidden somewhere in the cake, and the person who finds ...

Mardi Gras comes to a close on Tuesday night ... In both versions, small charms, usually plastic baby figurines that represent Jesus, are hidden somewhere in the cake, and the person who finds ...

From high-energy parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as ... traditionally contains a tiny plastic or porcelain baby figurine.

Mardi Gras parades have a reputation for making a lot of trash. But some organizers are trying to change that by banning one of the most colorful Mardi Gras traditions, the tossing of plastic ...

Instead, it was plastic, and she had to inflate it to show ... and for this to be the biggest and best Mardi Gras ever.” ...

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) In New Orleans, some African Americans mask in elaborate beaded and feathered Mardi Gras Indian suits ... Shimmery strings of plastic beads are ubiquitous, although ...

In New Orleans, some African Americans mask in elaborate beaded and feathered Mardi Gras Indian suits ... Shimmery strings of plastic beads are ubiquitous, although some krewes are exploring ...