We're all just trying to feel alive!
This week we had birthday blues and hot water heater disasters, but we offset them with a recipe we're calling "fiddly elegant", the best in Japanese socks, fruit-shaped candles and our (SoMo’s) thoughts on the next cocktail to suffer death-by-meme - the! spicy! marg!
EAT
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Aplenty Catering is the chic, easy, delicious catering you’ve been looking for. Get picnic boxes to go, or organise a fully catered feast.
SR
Coconut and tumeric omelettes by the king of faff himself, Ottolenghi. You can skip the dipping sauce and riff on the salad, and no shame if you eat them standing up by the stove.
WATCH
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If you’re still hooked like a trout on the Handmaids Tale, or if you’ve dropped off but looking to get back in, Season 4 is out on SBS and according to SM it is RIVETING.
SR
If emotional voyeurism is more your vibe, SoRo binged the first season of Couples Therapy (also on SBS) in one go last week. Watch if you’re missing new eps of Esther Perell.
BUY
SM
Mr Big’s casual wear as an unexpected style icon? Who knew! These Blanca shirts give you muted brights in boxy silhouettes that SoMo has been living in. Try the Bobbi in dusty tangerine.
DO
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SoRo is struggling to sleep for the first time in her life. The Insight Timer app was the result of a late night google. Try the Yoga Nidra meditations by Zoe Kanat.
FAST FIVE
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Mapo Tofu SBS Recipe a sichuan recipe to kick your taste buds into life. Add in some eggplant for extra veggies, and make double the quantity because it tastes even better the next day.
The Japanese sock situation at Provider Store! These day-glo ones by Tokyo based Hender Scheme and these chunky knit, organic cotton ribbed pull-ups by Rototo.
Spicy Margs are the new Aperol Spritz aka a cocktail meme. If you MUST order one, go to Cafe Freda’s for the perfect interpretation.
Bassike’s Wide Heritage T-Shirt in Navy Motley. Be like SM and buy one in every colour.
Secateur Me Baby’s Wave II plant stake, for when your plants need a little more moral support.
SR
Nonna’s grocer candles. Lemons, mandarins, custard apples! They’re delightful and well priced and who wouldn’t want a little lemon candle on their windowsill?
Oregano & cheese croissant - staple bakery Manly If you’re on the north side then grab one of these delicious pastries to snack on before your swim.
Secretary, streaming on Stan, is a kinky, darkly funny, weird gem of a film. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader, add some BDSM kink to your week.
Acid Potion - Moon Juice is apparently a dupe/natural alternative for cult French prod Biologique Recherche p50. Great if you’re looking for a chemical exfoliant to keep that skin deeewy.
Laksa at Ho Jiak Haymarket is a favourite noodle soup for shitty weather. Spicy and comforting and nourishing all in one. BONUS REC for our London fans, Hannah-Rose Yee says to head to Roti King in Kings Cross if you need a Laksa fix.
That’s all for us this week guys!
Love ya,
S&S