In the weeks before Lent, their branches begin to glisten in the late winter sunlight. The parades begin, and day after day, the beads make their landing, tangling themselves—purple, green, and golden ...

City workers in Mobile, Ala. shovel pounds of Mardi Gras beads into the back of a truck. This story was originally published by Inside Climate News. MOBILE, Ala. — The trees tell the tale. In the ...

More than 19 years ago, the Daphne City Council wrote up new rules prohibiting “foreign-made” MoonPies from being tossed by revelers off a Mardi Gras float. Daphne city leaders, in 2003, had no idea ...

LARC's Mardi Gras Beads-N-More store is having a flash sale on select beads. The sale is January 21st.

Universal Orlando is adding a way to guarantee a bead-tossing position in its Mardi Gras parade and combining it with a meal next year. The Mardi Gras Float Ride and Dine debuts in February.

MOBILE, Ala.—The trees tell the tale. In the weeks before Lent, their branches begin to glisten in the late winter sunlight. The parades begin, and day after day, the beads make their landing, ...