Tender at the Heart
Hello! Recommendations this week include a bar DEDICATED to the Martini, a grief-threaded novel set in Tuscany, an essential inflatable, a newsletter to get you writing and the ultimate it bag for that mid-winter holiday you've hopefully booked. Eat up, sweetpeas.
EAT
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Bar Planet in Newtown, has a galactic, bespoke terrazzo bar, a delicious house martini and a sgroppino with rotating sorbet flavours to keep you on your toes.
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Make yourself a kimchi jaffle! If you need a recipe we’ve got you covered with both basic and deluxe versions, but really all you need is: bread (not sourdough), mayonnaise for the outside (Hellman’s, always Hellman’s), basic Cheddar cheese shaved thin and piled high, and the funkiest, spiciest kimchi you can get your hands on.
READ
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Sunbathing by Isobel Beech, is a grief-threaded novel set in Italy that’s the perfect book to take on your own European travels. CW for suicide.
WATCH
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Belfast, iTunes, Youtube is a film that feels like a memoir. Black and white and set during The Troubles in Northern Island, the all-star cast are incredible.
BUY
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Prescription Sunglasses! Who knew! (Most people knew). You don’t need to be squinting through another summer, upgrade your life now!
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Bialetti Moka Alpina is the jauntiest way you could make yourself a coffee. Brighten up your day with it’s silly little feathered cap.
The Fast Five!
July Luggage is an Australian direct-to-consumer brand that we think might be modelled on the US company Away. Hard shell luggage in chic muted tones.
The Fallout, Binge, YouTube, Amazon Prime is an agenda setting Gen Z film that tells the experience of highschool shootings in the US. Heavy stuff.
Everything I know About Love, Stan will take you right back to the early 2010s and our early 20s in all their sweaty dance floors, tequila shots, Kate Moss x Topshop dresses, empty bank accounts and poor decision filled glory. Based on Dolly Alderton’s classic memoir.
Future Women Leadership Series Podcast is hosted by Helen McCabe and will teach you the insider tips and tricks like how to work with a friend and how to deal with big egos that will help make your work life a little bit easier.
Plane Pal A little travel tip from our pid newsletter to help make travelling with toddlers and kids a little easier.
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Italy Segreta feels like it belongs to the internet of the 2010s with pages and pages of articles and stories about Italy - perfect daydream fodder!
Mimmiterra Bags - SoRo wants the Eco Tote in Amaretti!
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte An underrated classic filled with scandal, intrigue, small town gossip and longing!
Puszta Libre, Claus Preisinger You know we at Highly Enthused love a chilled red, and this is one of the best. Very fresh and juicy just the way we like a red wine, and it’s great with a little chill to it.
Craft Talk Newsletter by American author Jami Attenberg will give you the behind the scenes, nitty gritty writing advice that you really need. Incredibly insightful and helpful if you’re looking for a little inspiration on a project.
Gotta love you and leave you!
S&S