Where is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the US? It seems it depends on who you ask. Mobile and New Orleans have enjoyed a friendly rivalry about it’s birthplace over the years. In this Mardi Gras season, the Mayor of Mobile is touting Mobile as the city where Mardi Gras originated in the US in billboards and a video. One billboard is along Interstate 10, so that people headed towards New Orleans can see it.
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DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
The St Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum is a beautiful lighthouse and has a great museum complex and grounds surrounding
The Amelia Island Museum of History is located in the former Nassau County jail in Downtown Fernadina Beach. It shows
Where Gumbo was #452 Congratulations go to George G for finding Gumbo at the New Jardin Botanique du Nouveau-Brunswick (