Sandi Sieger’s guide to what’s hot and happy(ning) this week. Eat, drink, buy, try, visit, be merry – iso style.
EAT: Halloween Home Delivery with Urban Foodies
From this week, Urban Foodies is delivering tricks and treats for Halloween.
Get spooky and select one of two DIY kits:
DIY Halloween cupcake kit: Get the kids in the kitchen and decorate a batch of 12 Halloween cupcakes, complete with your own ‘dirt’ toppings. Urban Foodies will send everything you need, including pre-made cupcakes as well as miniature mummy and tombstone cookies to decorate and stick on top.
Kit includes: 12 vanilla cupcakes, chocolate icing, decorations for 6 mummy cupcakes and 6 graveyard cupcakes.
Price: $48 per kit.
DIY Pumpkin carving kit: Urban Foodies is also delivering ‘carve your own pumpkin kits’. Kits include a large carving pumpkin, stencils and lolly bags to keep your little trick or treaters happy.
Kit includes: Large carving pumpkin, 3 stencils, tea light candles, and treats for the kids!
Price: $35 per kit.
Place orders before Monday 26 October, 2020.
Kits delivered to: Melbourne, Geelong, Mornington & Bellarine Peninsulas
For more info and to place an order, click here.
DRINK: XO Cherry Spiced Rum
The arrival of cherry season is the first tangible taste of summer in Melbourne. With it comes the seasonal, limited-release of ‘XO Cherry’ spiced rum by local craft rum makers Hamish Goonetilleke and Daniel Monk of Rum Diary Spiced.
Join them in celebration at the official launch soiree to celebrate the VIC release of their latest small-batch spiced rum.
The virtual event, hosted by Sarah Willcocks of DrinkMelbourne, can include a full-sized bottle of rum (or an even more decadent two!) for attendees plus:
- a guided tasting of several rums, including other rare releases
- a cocktail-making masterclass
- access to be among the very first to taste this ‘XO Cherry’ spiced rum
- sneak peek of what Rum Diary Spiced have up their sleeves for the future
- expert answers to all of your rum questions
Places are strictly limited. Perfect for a socially-distanced special occasion, date night, a gift for someone who deserves a treat or simply something delicious to do at home on a Saturday evening while Melbourne bars are still closed.
This session is suitable for both rum beginners and long-time rum fans.
Find more information and tasting sets here.
Event: ‘XO Cherry’ spiced rum Melbourne launch event
Time: 6pm-7.30pm
Day: Saturday 24th October, 2020
Location: Melbourne, wherever you are
Price: From $40
Tickets: http://www.rumdiaryspiced.com/melbcherry/melbourne-xo-cherry-launch
BUY: Last Round
LastRound is a reusable cotton round made from 100% renewable raw materials – 70% wood fibre and 30% organic cotton, making it more sustainable than a 100% cotton option. Unlike other reusable cotton pads on the market that are cloth, LastRound feels and looks like single-use rounds used for makeup removal and applying serums. LastRound comes in a case with seven rounds and can be washed and reused over and over again.
Single-use cotton rounds made with non-organic cotton use vast amounts of chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers. According to the WWF (World Wildlife Fund), cotton production is the largest use of water among all agricultural commodities; it takes 2,640 gallons of clean drinking water to produce 1,000 regular cotton rounds.
I’ve been using LastRound for the past month, and they are the best reusable products I have ever used. Super effective, they wash and dry easily and I now clean and tone my face entirely guilt-free.
Find out more about last round here.
TRY: Grants of Australia Toothpaste
Australia’s original and number one selling natural toothpaste brand, Grants of Australia, recently launched two new products into its natural oral-care range. Thirty five years after its first all-natural toothpaste launched, the Australian-made and family owned brand continues to lead the charge with the introduction of their very first natural toothpaste with fluoride, Fresh Mint with Fluoride (RRP $4.50, 110g), as well as a new Bamboo Toothbrush with Charcoal Infused Bristles, designed for extra sparkly, sensitive teeth.
Grants of Australia has provided health-conscious Aussies with a natural and affordable way to fight plaque, prevent cavities and freshen breath for more than three decades.
The broader Grants of Australia range is stocked nationally in Coles, Woolworths, Go Vita, Healthy Life, Priceline, health food stores, independent grocery stores.
Stockist information and prices can be found at www.grantsofaustralia.com.au.
VISIT: Brown Brothers (Virtually) For Prosecco Pilates
To celebrate the launch of their new Premium Prosecco Brut, Brown Brothers are hosting a virtual Prosecco Pilates experience – in collaboration with Melbourne based instructor Laura Roodhouse, founder of Pinot Pilates.
In the bubbliest ‘wining down’ event yet, guests will log on digitally to enjoy a relaxing Pilates class led by Laura, followed by plenty of wine chat and good vibes with Brown Brothers sommelier Geoff Alexander.
Event Details:
What: Prosecco Pilates with Brown Brothers
When: 6pm, October 22nd, 2020
Where: Anywhere!
Price: $10
Tickets/further info: https://www.brownbrothers.com.au/blog/2020/10/09/prosecco-pilates/