The 70-foot-long cockroach was built to scale and attached to an old tugboat. Photo: Courtesy of Mississippi Gulf Fishing Banks
🪳 A giant metal cockroach was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico off Mississippi's coast to serve as a fishing reef. (More photos and details)
👀 New Orleans is at the top of the list of unsafe places due to climate change, a New Orleanian writes for the New York Times.
But, the city has a competitive advantage. "It knows that every hurricane season poses an existential threat." (Full story)
🤩 Acamaya made more "best of" lists, including Esquire's best new restaurants in America, and Eater New Orleans' best new one in the city.
Hot Stuff won Esquire's "Bathroom of the Year." DYK it has a button to play music and a disco strobe light?!
🏨 Le Pavillon completed a $19 million renovation and added a new lobby bar. The hotel is under the Marriott flag now. (Details)
🎶 Post Malone will perform at the Fillmore ahead of the Super Bowl in February. Tickets are free, but you've got to win them from Bud Light. (Details and more Super Bowl fan events.)
