Fat Tuesday, aka Mardi Gras is here today. This day is the last day before the beginning of Lent, the traditional time period for fasting and social restraint. Not much evidence in California of recognition of the period, excepting those transplants who use the date as a excuse to throw a Mardi Gras like party(masks, costumes, booze,etc).
My friend from Fairfax, a New Orleans transplant, returned to NOLA for the week. Here restaurant, The Butterfly, is closed for ADA improvement work. She'll be attending a wedding, celebrating her birthday, and indulging in all things food related that can only be had in the French Quarter and its environs, read shrimp and oyster P'boys, bread pudding, jambolaya, hurricanes to go, parades, fried catfish, fried anything, Abita Beer, shrimp etouffe', and of course, fried alligator.
Hurricane season is long past and Daylight saving time arrives Sunday. It should be a nice trip to NOLA, although weather reports forecast cold temps.
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