Mardi Gras - in Buffalo? New York?

Is nothing sacred? I mean, sure Katrina messed stuff up, but there is no way Anyone north of Baton Rouge can make an etouffé worth eating. Not to mention how difficult is is to make a "Girls Gone Wild" video when everyone is dressed in turtlenecks and down parkas.

n the wake of Hurricane Katrina, there is a campaign afoot (www.nationalmardigras.com) to designate Mardi Gras a national holiday. Thanks to Artvoice and a heavenly host of sponsors, club owners, volunteers, float-builders, performers, marchers, runners, cyclists, assorted angels and revelers, Buffalo has an 11-year head start. The 11th Annual Artvoice Mardi Gras is the biggest Fat Tuesday charity event anywhere and the third biggest Mardi Gras celebration in the country. Our parade boasts more than 40 floats, the 7k Big Fat Race and Big Fat Bike Ride, all wending a tipsy path from the Albright-Knox, along Elmwood, through Allentown and Chippewa and ending at Cozumel.
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Artvoice Mardi Gras 2006 is sponsored by Southern Comfort, Heineken, ... We are also indebted to the Buffalo Police Department, Buffalo City Hall,..., Sigma Phi Epsilon at Canisius College and Delta Xi Omega at UB.

Oh well, Sig Eps love a challenge, especially when a party is involved.

Mardi Gras

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