BITES OF EXCESS: SEPTEMBER 2025
ATE:
a seriously impressive Reuben toastie from Dripp Dubbo.
tried the TikTok viral Ramen Dumpling bake and can confirm it's bloody delish.
Obsessed with the Salad Sambo’s from Cecil’s.
DRANK:
One of the best Long Blacks I've had in a long time from Provance Boulangerie.
WATCHED:
Fit For TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser and honestly felt so confronted.
The absolutely mind-blowing Unknown Number: High School Catfish and honestly…what the actual fuck.
aka Charlie Sheen and loved it!
READ:
Subscribed to The New Yorker and have been gorging myself on their sharp narrative journalism and cultural commentary.
Followed:
@maluborgesm - not sure what it is lately but I'm obsessing over the quirky Euro fashion girlies who wear clothes I'll never afford, on bodies I'll never have.
@wairkstudio for their too-beautiful-to-be-true (literally, it's all AI) fashion and beauty images.
Listened to:
To the first episode of new The Orange Juice Podcast - featuring our town's best and brightest chatting all things O-town.
On repeat:
Man I Need by Olivia Dean. Obsessed. Instant classic. Chefs kiss. No notes.
Ok, Love you, Bye by Olivia Dean - the Olivia Dean discovery continues and this one SLAPS.
This piece first appeared in Excessive Consumption - a weekly dispatch on culture, branding, politics and whatever other modern internet brain rot the algorithm has emotionally assigned me that week.
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