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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[It's Mardi Gras, so let's party]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/24/its-mardi-gras-so-lets-party/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/24/its-mardi-gras-so-lets-party/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/24/its-mardi-gras-so-lets-party/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/good-news/" rel="tag">Good news</a></p><p><img align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/02/orleans.jpg" id="img1" alt="" />I am currently way down in New Orleans where <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hL7aZNCssidTM4QtZC_y7dqXTyfwD96HU84O0">the Mardi Gras celebration is underway</a>. And for right now, today, there is no recession. Thousands are gathering here for this, the last day before the Lenten season. Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday: you eat and enjoy and party till you drop. </p>
<p>There will be parades, with many hundreds in costumes. One convention organizer said: " We've delivered more beer in the last couple of weeks than ever before" and "the bigger bars here, they're getting 100, 200 cases at a time."</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/24/its-mardi-gras-so-lets-party/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>It's Mardi Gras, so let's party</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/24/its-mardi-gras-so-lets-party/">It's Mardi Gras, so let's party</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:20:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hL7aZNCssidTM4QtZC_y7dqXTyfwD96HU84O0>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/24/its-mardi-gras-so-lets-party/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1469948/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/24/its-mardi-gras-so-lets-party/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Fat Tuesday</category><category>FatTuesday</category><category>Mardi Gras</category><category>MardiGras</category><category>New Orleans</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Madon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:20:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
