Po’ Boys, Beignets, and Bad Decisions — Just Another Weekend in the French Quarter
COMING SOON!!! By Karen Brem, Marketing Director | Historic Mardi Gras Inn Let’s be honest, darlin’ — some of the best weekends in New Orleans start with a po’ boy, end with a beignet, and involve at least one gloriously questionable decision somewhere in between. But isn’t that exactly why we love this city? The […]
Po-Boys, Brass Bands & Pure Bliss — A Love Letter to the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival
COMING SOON!!! By Karen Brem, Marketing Director | Historic Mardi Gras Inn If heaven had a dress code, it would probably be “casual, with crumbs on your shirt.” And nowhere embodies that vibe better than the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival, returning November 16, 2025, for a day of overstuffed sandwiches, overflowing beer, and the kind […]
🥂 Stuffed, Spicy, and Sinfully Good — The Beignets of 2025 Are Breaking All the Rules!
COMING SOON!!! Hey y’all! Karen Brem here — Marketing Director for the Historic Mardi Gras Inn, the newly renovated, fabulously glowing, and proudly LGBTQ+ owned and operated boutique inn sitting just one sweet block from the French Quarter. And let me tell you — November 15, 2025, is about to get downright delicious. Because that’s […]
“Spice, Soul, and Second Lines: The Treme Creole Gumbo Festival Is Stirring Up the Weekend!” 🍲🎺💃
COMING SOON!!! Hello, foodie friends, festival fanatics, and lovers of all things Creole and chaotic! I’m Karen Brem, your ever-enthusiastic Marketing Director for the Historic Mardi Gras Inn—the most charming (and might I say glowing) little spot in New Orleans. And honey, if there’s one thing this city knows how to do, it’s throw a […]
🎭 Boo-tiful Chaos Awaits: The 2025 Krewe of BOO! Parade Is Rolling Through New Orleans! 👻
COMING THIS WEEKEND!!! Hey there, spooky souls and party ghouls — it’s Karen Brem, your ever-enthusiastic Marketing Director at the Historic Mardi Gras Inn, here to spill all the ghostly tea on one of my favorite events of the year: The Krewe of BOO! Parade! 🎃🦇 New Orleans — named one of the “13 Best […]
🎭👠 Get Off the Sidewalk, Sweetheart — The Real Party’s on the Balcony! 👻💀
COMING THIS WEEKEND!!! Hey my ghoulish glam squad! 💋 I’m Karen Brem, Marketing Director for the fabulously haunted, freshly glowed-up ✨ and now proudly LGBTQ+ owned and operated 🏳️🌈 Historic Mardi Gras Inn, located just one block off the French Quarter and a two-minute strut to the streetcar stop 🚋. Halloween in New Orleans isn’t […]
🩸💀 Ghouls, Gods & Gay Glam: Why You Need to Be in New Orleans for HNO 2025 (Book Your Stay Now, Darlings) 💀🩸
COMING SOON!!! Greetings, creatures of style and spooky delight 🕸️— I’m Karen Brem, Marketing Director at the Historic Mardi Gras Inn, and yes, I’m here to personally haunt your calendars. Because if you love Halloween, costumes, queer energy, and a New Orleans that leans fierce and freaky, then Halloween New Orleans (HNO) 2025 is your […]
🩸 The Vampire Ball 2025: Where New Orleans Sucks (In the Best Way Possible)
By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn COMING SOON!!! New Orleans doesn’t just do Halloween — we inhale it, swirl it around with some bourbon, and serve it over crushed ice with a side of “Oh, honey, you’ve got to see this costume.” 😈 So when November 1st rolls around and the mere […]
🐾 Howl-O-Weenie on Magazine Street: Where Costumes, Cocktails & Canines Collide! 🎃
By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn COMING SOON!!! Hey y’all, it’s Karen Brem, your ever-fabulous Marketing Director at the Historic Mardi Gras Inn, and I’m here to tell you about one of my absolute favorite Halloween happenings in New Orleans — the 4th Annual Howl-O-Weenie at Dat Dog Magazine! 🐶🎭 Mark your […]
🎃🧟♂️💀 “Run Like Hell — The Zombies Are Back!” 💀🧟♀️🎃
They’re fast, they’re fierce, and they’re coming for your wig. 👻💋 By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn COMING SOON!!! Brace yourselves, my frightfully fit friends—on Saturday, October 25, 2025, New Orleans is set to rise from the grave for the Halloween Zombie Run, where the living and the dead collide in a […]