New Orleans' obituary cocktail gets NYT feature

🍸 The obituary cocktail, which local writer Sue Strachan recently examined, gets another close-up. (New York Times gift link)

🏈 LSU fired Scott Woodward a day after Gov. Jeff Landry said the athletic director wouldn't be picking the school's next head coach. (Yahoo Sports)

🥳 Mardi Gras news is already bubbling up:

• King Cake Hub has a new location come January. (Instagram)
• The Muses parade will start earlier next year. Chaos will also go first on the Thursday before Mardi Gras. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
• And Frontier Airlines will add 12 new routes and increase frequency on others to and from MSY for the season. (Press release)

Child sex abuse survivors approved a $230 million bankruptcy settlement with the New Orleans Archdiocese. (WWL)

🛍️ Reformation is now open on Magazine Street, we're told. It's the brand's first Louisiana store.

👹 Speaking of shopping, someone please go to this wild Occasional Wife estate sale this weekend and tell us what you buy.