Locals swear the country’s wildest pre-Lenten bacchanal is more intense since Katrina crashed the party. Here, an insider’s guide, day by day, to the new and improved Mardi Gras....
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Alcohol (n): Any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds made from hydrocarbons by distillation. We like to think of it as the silky liquid that gives our nerve endings a massage at the end of the day. Sometimes at the beginning of the day. What time is it, anyway? Alcohol cures diseases. It aids digestion. With the right touch, it tastes delicious. It can make Hillary Clinton look like Hilary Duff, and right now it’s at the peak of a renaissance. Never have there been so many quality boozes, so many small batches and single barrels. Herewith, the ultimate guide to sipping in style: what to drink, how to mix it, where it comes from, and how to deal in the morning....
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