Mardi Gras countdown begins: New Orleans kicks off carnival season with streetcar rides and festive parades
[ad_1] The countdown to Mardi Gras begins Saturday in New Orleans as Carnival season kicks off with dozens of costumed revelers and a brass band set to crowd onto a streetcar for a nighttime trip down historic St. Charles Avenue. In the meantime, a strolling membership within the French Quarter will march in its annual […]