Lent will soon arrive. For many, it is time to decide what vices we will focus on during the preceding 40 days in honor of our beliefs. Many people will give-up chocolate or diet sodas. Others will try to stay in prayer, helping to heal their health or their relationships. Before the 40 day journey begins, we will celebrate with fatty foods, fuzzy drinks and colorful parades. Mardi Gras, in Southern California, is an experience everyone should take part of if you can't make it to New Orleans to celebrate. Here are a few places you will want to visit before Ash Wednesday. Fowler Museum 1PM Concert with the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band In advance of Mardi Gras, the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band takes the stage for an afternoon concert inspired by the exhibition New Orleans Second Line Parades. The Los Angeles-based band includes members from New Orleans who will pause throughout their performance to discuss the history of American music since 1803 (the year of t