RamblingRabbit

New Orleans is a fusion of so many influences that it is impossible to say where one influence starts and another one ends – cultures and creeds have become so intertwined they are not readily distinguishable and the very best of every world is there to try, delight in and to enjoy. Not only is [...]

Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday came from Paris, France where it has been celebrated since the Middle Ages but here in America we had to wait until 1699.  In that year, the French explorer Iberville reconnoitered the Mississippi River down to the Gulf of Mexico and ended up at a point some 60 miles south [...]