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Whether you are celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mobile, or in the safety of your living room, check out these delicious year-round and seasonal beers. ABV 4.3% Beer type Pilsner – German-style Availability Seasonal Coming from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Southern Prohibition celebrates how Mardi Gras is everything but a typical Tuesday. This beer gives back to the community by supporting Musicians, Mardi Gras Indians, Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Artists, and Culture bearers during a particularly slow Mardi Gras time. ABV 6.5% Availability: seasonal Death by King Cake is a Mardi Gras beer that can be found more widely across the United States.

We stayed in room 524 at the Holiday Inn – Savannah Historic District, booking the room at last minute, there weren’t any IHG properties where we could book on points, so we ended up paying $224 for a King Leisure room. After chatting with our waitress, we ended up learning more about Leopold’s ice cream, and that is when we were sold that we had room for dessert and were willing to stand in line. We first fell in love with delicious ice cream in Niagara Falls and made eating good ice cream while we traveled a tradition when we visited Madison, Wisconsin. Mom ordered a single scoop of Savannah Socialite, milk, and dark chocolate ice cream with pecans and bourbon-infused Carmel, while I Ordered the Chocolate Chewies and Cream which has crispy-chewy chocolate cookies with pecans in their vanilla base ice cream.

JAMNOLA is New Orleans’ first self-guided immersion museum created to inspire Joy, while enjoying Art, and listening to Music. The founders of JAMNOLA wanted to bring an interactive museum to New Orleans area as a Love Letter to the city. Photography Tip: Not only will you want to take photos of rooms themselves, but look around for fun photos in reflections. Her handmade umbrellas can also be found on her Etsy shop. by Kari Lee with photography by Henry York with cultural contributor Kim Vas-Seville Photography tip: There is a kiosk in this room that will make a quick boomerang of you in front of the umbrellas!

Honestly, January 6 is my favorite day of Carnival season because that means I can ruin my New Year’s diet with a delicious King Cake. If king cake wasn’t enough to get you excited about Mardi Gras, then king cake flavored and Mardi Gras inspired menus will get you excited. A few different areas offer unique flavors during carnival, including the Gris Gris King Cake Daquiri, the Bourree King Cake Daiquiri ad the New Orleans Daquari Mardi Gras Mash. If running around and buying King Cake wasn’t fun enough, you can easily bake your king cake at home with a king cake kit from a Gracious Bakery!