March 2000 cover of Playboy

John Doe

Flaunting the “naughty” side of Mardi Gras in a national publication with millions of readers ignited a hullabaloo pitting tourism executives concerned about the city’s “image” against businesses with vested interests in the French Quarter “bead economy.”

Flaunting the “naughty” side of Mardi Gras in a national publication with millions of readers ignited a hullabaloo pitting tourism executives concerned about the city’s “image” against businesses with vested interests in the French Quarter “bead economy.”