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Voting is now open for About. com Readers Choice Poll for New Orleans.  There are 4 choices in each of the 4 award categories..

Please vote and help choose the New Orleans Winners.  You can come back and vote once a day from February 22 through March 21, 2012.

Thanks for visiting About New Orleans and for participating in the Readers Choice Poll!

Google is looking for "doodlers" in grades K-12 for its "Doodle 4 Google" competition - another creative scholarship contest. 

To enter, re-design the Google logo with the theme "If I could travel in time, Id visit...".   Entries must be postmarked by March 23, 2012.  Check the contest website for the rules for entering.   The winner will receive a $30,000 college scholarship and his or her school will get a $50,000 technology grant.  Plus, the doodle will appear on the Google homepage

Also, the top ten Louisiana submissions will be included in a special exhibition at the New Orleans Museume of Art, which is a local partner in this years "Doodle 4 Google" contest.

Once again, heres a hub of articles and links all about Mardi Gras in New Orleans including a new article answering  the question of newcomers, What is Mardi Gras? with a definition, translation, and introduction to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Well, you cant adequately describe the  Mardi Gras experience in New Orleans and pictures dont completely capture it either.