The Chinese Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras, and Valentine's Day are coming up. But first, let's not leave out our friendly groundhog on his special day, February 2.  

At Wiarton Willie's World Wide Website, learn about Willie the Groundhog, a leading weather prognosticator. http://www.wiarton-willie.org/~willie/welcome.htm 

Fat Tuesday is on February 11. At the Mardi Gras Page, you'll see how the people in New Orleans celebrate and you'll learn about Mardi Gras Middle Ages Style. http://www.louisianatravel.com/html/mardigras.html 

Learn about the Black Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans and their hundred-year-old traditions. http://www.noline.com/indians.htm 

A Mardi Gras Guide for New Orleans! has links to the Krewe of Orpheus and Krewe of ZULU pages, places to order Kingcakes, Mardi Gras supplies and collectibles, and even has a Mardi Gras guide containing tips and information. http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/ 

A New Orleans Experience Online features information about jazz, art, food, costumes, and contains pictures of some parades. http://www.neworleansweb.org/ 

At About Mardi Gras Madness, The Official Mardi Gras site, you'll hear live broadcasts of Mardi Gras parades and go to Virtual Bourbon Street. You'll also find a complete guide for having a Mardi Gras party and some New Orleans' recipes. http://www.mardigrasday.com/ 

The Mardi Gras page features a parade schedule, local bands, and sights and sounds of the city. http://www.mardi.gras.com/mardi.gras.html 

Now for some sites for Valentine's Day, February 14. The Love Calculator will calculate the probability of a successful relationship between two people! Dr. Love himself designed it. http://www.xs4all.nl/~kink/love/ 

At the Romantically Linked site, you'll find out the latest in Hollywood romantic gossip. http://www.mrshowbiz.com/features/games/linked/index.html 

The Happy Valentine Site features international valentine messages, an I Love You quiz, love poetry, and digital postcards. http://www.webfair.net/valentine/ 

ZIA Valentines contains email cards and craft, party, and recipe ideas. http://www.zia.com/holidays/valentine/ 

The Awesome Valentines site features an assortment of online Valentine greeting cards. http://www.marlo.com/holiday/v/vale.htm 

Carnival New Orleans--Virtual Tour Entrance: http://www.icorp.net/carnival/tour.htm 

Be My Valentines said Billy Bear contains Valentine cards which kids can print and color. http://www.worldvillage.com/kidz/bilybear/valentin/valentin.htm 

Add your own valentine or view others at the World Wide Valentine '97 site. http://www.netview.com/valentin/ 

Virtual Valentine is a rather bizarre site that offers four musical selections, then appropriate links to sites interspersed in the lyrics. Very different! http://pacific.telebyte.net/brianles/valentine.html 

Join me here next week as we celebrate Presidents' Day. Until then, enjoy the Net!

Robin Nobles is a freelance writer who can be reached at robinnobles@robinsnest.com.

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