Karen Thibodeaux, the owner of Vacajun is known for making costumes for the Mardi Gras season. It was orginally just a sewing business at her home, but it progressed to Mardi Gras ball gowns and ...
New Orleans might have the largest Mardi Gras celebration in the United States, but Lake Charles, Mississippi, will boast the ...
EUNICE, La. (KLFY) — The Courir de Mardi Gras tradition is still celebrated in Cajun Country, along with its traditional costumes. However, there are few traditional costume makers left. Susana Ortego ...
Crawfish boils. Disco balls. Popeyes chicken and biscuits. Barbie girls. And a bunch of Morris Bart. All of these things are pretty iconic in New Orleans, but Mardi Gras revelers made these items ...
Once a year, New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood comes alive in a rainbow of intricately beaded costumes and feathers, paraded through the streets in a mesmerizing “strut.” In a city known for its ...
EUNICE — EUNICE, La. – At Totally Tanned, customers are greeted by a variety of dance apparel, tanning products, tanning beds and more. But this shop, owned by Tara LeBlanc, offers much more than just ...
San Nicholas was a New Orleans character if there ever was one — the kind who could talk for hours about his life and have the listeners convinced by conversation’s end that they needed to write a ...
People donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered in New Orleans’ historic Treme neighborhood as the sun rose Tuesday, determined to beat an expected storm and celebrate Mardi Gras Day ...
The Perdido Key Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball, hosted by Perdido Key Area Chamber of Commerce and Lillian’s Pizza, is set for Friday, Feb. 6, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Lillian’s Pizza, located at 14514 ...
From beads and balls to boudin and gumbo to glittery parade floats and sounds of Zydeco, Texas offers a hearty serving of ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People donning skeleton ...