Let the Good Times Roll--Someplace Else

Happy Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.  I've never been to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.  I used to want to go, but spending Halloween there about 15 years ago cured me of the idea of going back for the city's biggest party.  Our friend George R.R. Martin once floated the idea to Len that he should join George's krew, but thank goodness that went nowhere.

I'm perfectly happy to honor the holiday by making appropriate food at home, but I hate crowds, particularly inebriated crowds.  We won't be going to West Hollywood tonight, either, but I am planning on making a batch of beignets.