Fat Tuesday!

The girls always ask " Mom what are you" Lovely question don't you think, but I do however know what they are asking. Yes I am Acadian with a touch of Irish. Ernie on the other hand is Full Czech. We say "Lassaiz le bon temps roulez", which in translation means let the good times roll. It is Fat Tuesday and the end of the Mardi Gras Season and going into lent Season!

For a brief Explanation. Mardi Gras, literally "Fat Tuesday," has grown in popularity in recent years as a raucous, sometimes hedonistic event. But its roots lie in the Christian calendar, as the "last hurrah" before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. That's why the enormous party in New Orleans, for example, ends abruptly at midnight on Tuesday, with battalions of streetsweepers pushing the crowds out of the French Quarter towards home.

The season along with the Christmas Season is my favorite. However I have never been to the Mardi Gras in NOLA. Maybe one day, it is on my bucket list!

So Enjoy the local area restaurants celebration's tonight and for my catholic friends and Family, Happy Lent Season and wishing well during this time.
Now I have to think of what I want to give up.............................Will post that tomorrow along with history!