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A New Orleans-inspired drive-through snow cone shop, is opening Tuesday in Mission Viejo, California.
Strawberry, coffee and wedding cake flavored snowballs
Fat Tuesday in the Summertime? Almost 2,000 miles from New Orleans? Must be the 23rd annual Long Beach Bayou & Mardi Gras Festival in California!
Long Beach Bayou & Mardi Gras Festival
The sounds of New Orleans come alive with Cajun, Zydeco & Blues: Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, Cafe R&B; blues legends Hubert Sumlin & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (Muddy Waters) play with guitarist Jimmy Vivino, and many more. Daily Mardi Gras Parade led by New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band.
Saturday, June 27th - 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday, June 28th - 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Rainbow Lagoon Park, 400 E. Shoreline Drive, Long Beach, California
Bayou Festival website longbeachfestival.com
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Gisele Perez, owner and chef of small pleasures catering talks about her New Orleans roots, what to do with candied violets, and sign language in the kitchen.
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The Big Easy may be coming to American Canyon this year. "The Big Easy," one of the nicknames for the city of New Orleans, is also the name of a new car wash planned for American Canyon. The $3.7 million project will have a New Orleans jazz theme with images of jazz musicians and instruments and music playing on a P.A. system. READ STORY
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