happy mardi gras + pancake day!

As I was talking to the family Sunday afternoon, everyone was getting ready for a full day of parades! That evening Bacchus, one of our favorites, rolled down the Avenue, followed by Endymion, which was postponed due to a rough rainstorm yesterday. It's sure to have been a fun time! There's something really special about Mardi Gras and it isn't just the booze and glitzy beads, it's also that people of all different backgrounds, and from all walks of life come together in the streets to celebrate for a good time, it's just lovely. I wish everyone back home a very, very Happy Mardi Gras.


On our end, I made a king cake for the celebrations! It was truly delicious and Ray thinks it's just about the greatest thing ever. England as a whole doesn't celebrate Mardi Gras, but they do celebrate Pancake Day (also known as Shrove Tuesday). Because pancakes have eggs, butter and fat ...all things forbidden during Lent... almost everyone eats pancakes before the start of Lent. From the research I've done...English pancakes are more of what we consider to be crepes in the States, yum!