While restrictions during the COVID pandemic are gone, the house float phenomenon that sprung up as a response to carnival ...

And he’s been drawing Mardi Gras floats for as long as I’ve been here. … The next day I waited, and I waited until nine o’clock. I wanted to call him at like six AM. We phoned a friend at ...

Today, masks continue to be at the heart of the spirit of Mardi Gras. “Riding on a float is a privilege and wearing a mask is sacred,” notes Jonathan Bertucceli, a third-generation float maker ...