Happy Mardi Gras right back atcha, Beth Mc! Happy Mardi Gras to us all!

What many people don't know is that carnival and Mardi Gras are celebrated along a long swath of the Gulf Coast, including the Florida panhandle--we've been knee-deep in carnival activities for a couple of weeks now, all culminating in the frenzy of these last few days leading up to Ash Wednesday. Guess I'm gonna have to change my avatar then.