Mardi Gras is a pretty big deal here. It’s a party spanning two weekends, with multiple parades, various entertaining events, and the usual assortment of beads, beers, and bare boobs. Also: jambalaya. And Dachshunds.

He stayed away from her for a very long time. He sent someone to fix her heat and her oven, and, as the weather grew warmer, the broken heat wasn’t really a big thing anymore, anyhow.

The Echidna crew presents five things we love and five things we hate this week.

My father gave me a Victoria’s Secret gift card for Christmas, which is weird on many levels.

Feeling like an idiot, Tucker drove. The Porsche was as zippy and responsive ever, but Tucker’s hands on the wheel were tight with tension, and he barely noticed where he was going or what he was doing.

The Echidna crew presents five things we love and five things we hate this week.

Jean-Marc Trenier, ignoring the stir he was creating, walked into the Harvard Club and paused in front of Perkins’ table.

The Echidna crew presents five things we love and five things we hate this week.

This week’s Great Briton is actress Kate Winslet. Find out what makes her so great.

Tucker was a little worse for wear. That had clearly been Kingsley’s intention. Kingsley dropped him off at his house with a little wave and went zooming off with the silver Porsche. Tucker frowned after him. Kingsley could be damn clever when he wanted to be.