The island is alive, and the drumbeats carry all the way to our wraparound porch on 33rd, steady and insistent, only a few short blocks from the parade route lined thick along 25th. Mardi Gras has arrived, and with it Galveston braces for a weekend of unabashed celebration. Sirens from fire engines slice through the […]

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