Carol Fleischman did it big for her 90th birthday. As she should.

She requested a global theme, from food down to decor, with the Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band as entertainment at the Deutsches Haus in New Orleans. Her friends and family followed tradition and brought pies for the celebration. Pies have been Fleischman's go-to for her children's birthday parties since she never liked making cakes.

"I did my 90th birthday in grand style," Fleischman said, "and people said, 'Oh, well, invite us to the 100th.' And I said, 'No, it's one year at a time and one day at a time.' I did not plan to have any more big celebrations. I think we did it well enough."

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