Authorities have established the French Quarter Enhanced Security Zone Friday through Ash Wednesday in an effort to increase public safety during Mardi Gras, law enforcement officials said at a ...

But then there was that one year … Daddy was home, and one of his work colleagues invited us to come to their French Quarter apartment for Mardi Gras. Captain Johnny and his wife, “Miss Marie ...

Happy Mardi Gras to all the glue gun wielders and DIY costumers in New Orleans. We loved seeing your creations this season. Here are a few that caught our eye. The members of Krewe des Fleurs make ...

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto sidewalks to escape from the cascade of waste as Nunez muttered about ...

Mardi Gras is the third big test for New Orleans since the horrific Jan. 1 truck-ramming and shooting rampage on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter was allegedly carried out by a 42-year-old U.S ...

Rich and cheesy, shrimp and grits is the comfort food staple we'll welcome all year long, but especially around Mardi Gras. Our recipe ... is a cold sauce with French origins that can be used ...

While many Americans may know the festival's roots in French culture, the first festival held in the US was in Alabama. Musk to Receive Top-Secret Briefing on U.S. War Plans for China Powerful ...

Now synonymous with Cajun and Creole food, remoulade is a cold sauce with French ... for all your Mardi Gras festivities. Get the Hush Puppies recipe. We prefer almost everything in slider form. These ...

Mardi Gras was observed for the first time in the New World by French pioneers at Twenty-Seven ... resulting in a powerful quarter-of-a-billion-dollar windfall annually. Hundreds of thousands ...

More processions will continue every day through Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Costumed revelers will jam the French Quarter as more parades roll in New Orleans’ suburbs, other Louisiana cities ...

"Other items are subject to search, and that's just for that French Quarter area, the ESZ." More than 150 state troopers are also part of the city's Mardi Gras security detail.