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Find the Baby, Get a Free Night at W French Quarter

Where: 316 Chartres Street [map], New Orleans, LA, United States, 70130

The holiday season is over, but don't fret: your next excuse to participate in a huge celebration and indulge in an excess of glitter and stupid behavior is just around the corner — in fact, tonight marks the beginning of Carnival season — and Mardi Gras 2009 is coming up on February 24. It's not too early to book your hotel room in New Orleans for the big festivities.

W New Orleans French Quarter — in a killer location adjacent to Jackson Square — is waiting for you with its King Cake and Cocktails package, available for stays between February 12-25. Starting at $259 a night, you'll get a Wonderful room (the official name of their basic room), two "Big Easy cocktails" and two pieces of king cake at turndown.

King cakes, for those unfamiliar, are lovely confections made with brioche dough, rolled with cinnamon and topped with purple, green and gold sugar sprinkles. A little plastic baby is hidden somewhere inside the cake and the person who finds the baby in their slice is traditionally supposed to hold the next king cake party — but with this package, finding the baby in your slice scores you a free night at W French Quarter for Mardi Gras 2010.

Well, as long as you don't choke on it, we suppose. That would be something straight outta an Alanis Morissette song, right?

Reservations can be made here.