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| The gang's all here for party time. |
We could call this the 1st annual Fat Tuesday Party, or, The Day It Didn't Snow on The Terrace.
Either way, our social arranger Ellie DeBonis's latest effort resulted in a gathering of non-snowbird Terrace residents scheduled in the face of a predicted heavy snowfall that never materialzed.
For those not conversant with Cajun patois, "Fat Tuesday" is perhaps better known as "Mardi Gras," or less known as "Shrove Tuesday."
It is the final day of Carnival or Shrovetide before Ash Wednesday. The "fat" part of the revel refers to the New Orleans practice of celebrating the last night of consuming rich, fatty foods before the fasting season of Lent which itself is the 40-day period Jesus Christ spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.
Or, in common parlance, time for a paaaarrty!
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