When I think of Mardi Gras, I think of the time I was in New Orleans for the wild Carnival celebrations. The parades were fun and I ran into the streets along with all the kids to collect candy being thrown from the floats. These same streets were packed at night with tourists, shoulder to shoulder, listening to jazz music while sipping pretty red rum-based drinks called Hurricanes. Mardi Gras has so...
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