Dear Subscriber,

New Orleans' oldest and most amusing district is in fine form for 2005 and with Mardi Gras coming real soon, then French Quarter Festival, then JazzFest, then something else wonderful – well, you'd better come on down here and get your adventure started. In the meantime, FrenchQuarter.com is always on, keeping you in touch with the best of the Quarter.

• Masks and Costumes Set the Mood for Mardi Gras Season
• Is the French Quarter French? Or Spanish?
• Hats Off to Style at Fleur de Paris
• Bites Between Beads: Eating Amidst the Mardi Gras Madness
• Meet the Brennans, First Family of New Orleans Food
• What's New? Rambling on Rampart

Sincerely,

Carolyn McLellan, Publisher

Masks and Costumes Set the Mood for Mardi Gras Season In New Orleans, there's sexy, terrifying, comic and magnificent; and there's good, bad and ugly. Costumes and masking are a way of life and no more so than at Carnival time.

Is the French Quarter French? Or Spanish? The arches and courtyards, the funny-looking "in-between floors," the iron lace galleries, the cafe life and cooking ways – whose gifts were they?

French Quarter One-of-a-Kind Series: Fleur de Paris on Royal Street Special hats for special occasions, Fleur de Paris creates works of art for any event from souvenir to wedding, afternoon tea, lunch with the ladies and more.

Bites Between Beads: Eating Amidst the Mardi Gras Madness Carnival revelers need not resort to bloody Mary garnishes alone for their sustenance. We recommend establishments that are inexpensive, tasty and accessible even during Mardi Gras madness.

Meet the Brennans, First Family of New Orleans Food New Orleans' first family of food operate very different restaurants with one common trait: great taste.

What's New? Rambling on Rampart Street Rampart Street, which marks one of the boundaries of the French Quarter, is witnessing a recent surge in new shops, restaurants and cafes.

Upcoming French Quarter Events

Mardi Gras Parade Schedule
When's Bacchus? When's Rex? FrenchQuarter.com has your parade schedule right here.

O. Winston Link: The Louisiana Photographs
The Louisiana State Museum-Old U.S. Mint presents an exhibition of rare unpublished photos of Louisiana life in the 1930s and '40s.

Vibrant, Mysterious and Joyful: The Mardi Gras Art of Tony Green
Mardi Gras paintings, sketches and posters on display at the Louisiana State Museum.

Episcopal Church in Louisiana: A Bicentennial Celebration of Protestant Faith in Action
Exhibition on view at The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St. New Orleans through May 7, 2005

Some Like it Hot: Open-Hearth Cooking Demonstrations
Toiling over a hot stove has renewed meaning at the open-hearth kitchen of the historic Hermann-Grima House.

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