SCENE: Celebrate Mardis Gras in NYC with SEC & LSU Alum (2/14)

Photo credit: Paul Mannix

NYC Southeastern Conference/Louisiana State University Chapter Mardi Gras throwdown!

Saturday, February 14, 2009 from 10 PM to 1 AM EST @ Legends on 33rd St.

Hey y'all. It’s Carnival Time in the Big Apple, time to get together, eat, drink and be merry. The smells of King Cakes and Hurricanes are already running through our heads. Dress up in a costume and come act a fool. Bring your biggest and best beads to celebrate the Holiday with us.Everyone is invited so bring your friends and let everyone know its Mardi Gras Time!This celebration has nothing to do on Valentines Day? Come celebrate Mardi Gras with us! Have plans for Valentines Day? Come celebrate Mardi Gras after you have your nice romantic dinner!

Cost:$35.00 prepay/$40.00 at the door. Get your tickets here.
There is no physical ticket to print out. There will be a list at the door.
Includes: All you can drink Hurricanes and Domestic Drafts; Live band and all of your Mardi Gras favorites.

EAT: “Craque” Is For Lovers

It goes by many names: White Trash, Puppy Chow, Muddy Buddies…but Montgomery, AL native, and current New Yorker, Freida Orange calls her version of this “very southern snack” Craque.


“For years now my sister Freida has been making a delicious treat for almost every special occasion,” says sister Maxine Orange. “... she takes it to parties, she gives it as gifts, la la la. So this year, she decided to package it up and sell it so you can give it to your friends and serve it at your parties! Her friends were calling it crack – I suppose because it is so addictive! To make it a little more catchy, (and because we are not crack-heads...) we've re-named it CRAQUE!”

So what is it?? Craque consists of bite-sized pieces of chocolate and peanut butter (Skippy, NOT the stuff that was recalled!) in crunchy shells covered in powdered sugar. It's delicious and, yes, addictive!!

Freida was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama where she still has a rather large and wonderful family. She has a degree in Journalism from The University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!) in Athens. Freida moved to New York in 2000 and has had amazing experiences working in film and television since. She’s been making these delicious snacks for years and had been told numerous times she should package and sell them. She finally had time to do it during the 2008 holiday season and “Craque” has taken on a life of its own.

Freida peddles her “Craque” online on Etsy and at Bonsignour in NYC’s West Village. It’s the perfect fix for Valentine’s Day (which happens to be Freida’s b-day as well)!!