BITES OF EXCESS: APRIL 2026

ATE:

• the most delectable dolmades by Richard Learmonth at the See Saw Cellar Door.

• top tier pizza (+ GF bases) from Parrot Distilling Co

DRANK:

• a celebratory (and seriously yum) G&T using Riverina Gin

• Rikard Wines Reisling & Pinot Noir

• a few cold ones at the Parkview Hotel to celebrate ANZAC Day

WATCHED:

• Untold: The Life and death of Lamar Odom

• Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere and was…uninspired.

• The Testaments

• Wayne Bennett’s post-match press conference following the Rabbitoh’s historic thumping of Melbourne Storm

READ:

• This Vanity Fair article about the intersection of wealth, power, politics and fashion in Melania Trump's wardrobe.

BOUGHT:

• This little slice of Australiana by artist Greta Hounslow

• This a beautiful piece by Jumbled Art Superstar finalist Mari Le Cheaf.

LISTENED TO:

• Madi Young from The Corner Store Gallery on the Paint Rest Repeat podcast

• Artemas' new album getting up to no good

• The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage

• Midnights by Taylor Swift

ON REPEAT:

• The Time Warp ahead of my stint as Guest Narrator for the Orange Theatre Company's production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

• “Closer and closer and clossaahhhhh” edits from Beiberchella Weekend One

• Guilty As Sin by Taylor Swift

•  Homewrecker by Sombr

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