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I was wondering when is Mardi Gras in New Orleans? What is the best
part of Mardie Gras? Also, where is the best hotel to stay in during
Mardi Gras? What restaurants do you reccomend to eat at?

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February 8 for 2005. As for what's best, it depends what you're looking
for. Mardi Gras day is the best day to see the costumes but there are
lots of parades in the previous weeks. Heavy duty flashing in the
quarter probably starts the previous friday.

Hotel choices also vary by what you intend on doing. The big ones near
the Riverwalk are good. There are smaller ones closer to Bourbon if
you're planning on spending a lot of time there (I like I do)

Sarah wrote:
> I was wondering when is Mardi Gras in New Orleans? What is the best
> part of Mardie Gras? Also, where is the best hotel to stay in during
> Mardi Gras? What restaurants do you reccomend to eat at?

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Does anyone know when Mardi Gras 2006 will be? That is the year we are
planning on going....thanks!

Greg and Mary

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Mardi Gras in 2006 will be on Feb 28. A good couple of links for info are

http://www.nola.com/mardigras/about/
http://mardigras.neworleans.com/

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> Does anyone know when Mardi Gras 2006 will be? That is the year we are
> planning on going....thanks!
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> Greg and Mary
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TheLyonsDen@webtv.net (Greg and Mary) wrote in message news:<20182-415C201F-208@storefull-3254.bay.webtv.net>...
> Does anyone know when Mardi Gras 2006 will be? That is the year we are
> planning on going....thanks!
>
> Greg and Mary

To find out for any year, get a calendar that shows church holidays,
and find Ash Wednesday. "Mardi Gras" is Fat Tuesday, the day before
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, a time of preparation aand
penitence. Hence some cultures party wildly the day before, to get it
out of their system.

"Fat" Tuesday refers to the using up the fat in the kitchen -- lard,
oil, butter -- in the baking of cakes and other things that might be
given up for Lent. While the term is sometimes used for the season,
it is really only one day. The season leading up to it, starting
unofficially after the 12th day of Christmas, is really Carnival.

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