Mardi Gras' excess doesn't come cheap Elaborate floats, costumes, parades, trinkets and parties pump $144 million -- maybe much more -- into New Orleans' economy. Mardi Gras hits its high note tomorrow NEW ORLEANS — As Carnival builds toward its out-of-control crescendo of Fat Tuesday tomorrow, Barry Kern and his team of float-builders and artists are already preparing for next year's parades. For Mardi Gras float makers, next year is here As Carnival builds toward its out-of-control crescendo of Fat Tuesday, Barry Kern and his team of float-builders and artists are already preparing for next year's parades. Mardi Gras float makers already working on 2013 parades Kerns' studio works on 400 floats a year, more than one a day Mardi Gras 2012's Rex is Hardy Fowler Being king of Carnival 'a tremendous honor' Authentic Mardi Gras Menu in SoCal Chef Brandon Boudet, a New Orleans native, has prepared an authentic menu for Dominick's in West Hollywood. Mardi Gras beads cause environmental hangover The beads were flying all around them, some pooling in the street, some caught by revelers and cherished for a moment—most of them destined, in all likelihood, for the landfill. Greg Tobin: A Mardi Gras Reflection: Oh, What a Relief it is For me, Mardi Gras has significance not as a day of indulgence, but, like Christmas Eve perhaps, as a day that precedes a particularly solemn season. Mardi Gras Carnaval playlist 9PM 1. Sidney Bechet- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans- The Best of Sidney Bechet 2. Hawkettes- Mardi Gras Mambo- New Orleans Party Classics 3. Los Corralerso de Majagual- Tamborito de Carnaval- De Verbena de Carnaval Vol.3 4. Dr. John- Gris Gris Gumbo Ya ya- The Night Tripper Gris Gris 5. Nacao Zumbi- Meu Maracatu Pesa Uma Tonelada- Nacao Zumbi 6. The Dixie Cups- Iko Iko- The Best of the Dixie ... Mardi Gras 2012's queen of Carnival is Ella Monsted Bright She has roots in Mardi Gras royalty dating back to 1879
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