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The 610 Stompers perform in the Krewe of Thoth parade on Magazine Street in 2020. No parades will be gracing Magazine Street in the Mardi Gras season that begins Wednesday, but the Uptown corridor will still have a place of honor during Carnival 2021. Magazine Street will be the only place to purchase merchandise for the Krewe of Red Beans‘ “Hire a Mardi Gras Artist” project, the krewe announced. “Hire a Mardi Gras Artist” is an effort to get the laid-off Mardi Gras artists back to work while brightening the season for all New Orleanians. As an extension of this initiative, the krew...

“The Night Tripper” at 1834 Toledano St. The first of the “house floats” that will be dotting our urban landscape this Carnival season has already made an appearance Uptown. Sponsored by the Krewe of Red Beans and called “Hire a Mardi Gras Artist,” the idea is to put those out-of-work artists — usually frantically designing and painting floats this time of year — back to work. With parades canceled, many Mardi Gras float artists found themselves suddenly unemployed. One of those artists, Caroline Thomas, proposed the idea to the Krewe of Red Beans to create a crowd-funding sit...

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Love in the time of Mardi Gras and a coronavirus pandemic. Demian and Angela Estevez kiss through their masks while hanging out on their front porch decked out like a Mardi Gras float on Wednesday in New Orleans. And, like any self-respecting float, this house also has a title, which is 'The Night Tripper.' Because the coronavirus pandemic is causing widespread unemployment for Mardi Gras float painters and makers and designers, the Krewe of Red Beans started an initiative to put these artisans to work decorating houses for Mardi Gras. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New...

Orchard Road is one of the to-go places during the year-end period for the Christmas lights, shopping and dining out with friends. If you are heading to Orchard Road, this is an update of DFD’s previous entry of ”10 NEW Cafes At Orchard Road”, featuring more of the relatively new names of brunch places, cafes and dessert shops on the shopping belt. For convenience, I listed them in order of direction from Tanglin Road to Somerset area. Pano Kato Tel: +65 6235 5056 Grill, Pizza and Deli at Tanglin Mall As I was a fan of House Of AnLi, it didn’t take me too long to head over to Pano Ka...