Okay, this one goes everywhere. Actually… everywhere!
Emma’s just back from a week in Puglia (and yes, she ate all the bocconotti), and Carla’s had a five day birthday fesitval on the Gold Coast. Even though she organised it herself… virgo dream, right?
So we start with pasta, figs and beach days… and then somehow end up in an existential crisis about social media, AI yoga teachers and all the bad news in the world. Then we swing right back to fictional dragons.
Basically, it’s exactly what our coffee catch ups sound like. Grab a coffee or a spritz and come sit with us. Or walk with us. Or drive with us!
Denny also makes a little surprise appearance at the end, CUTE!
Warning: we chat about sexual assault, violence against women and some heavy world news in this one, so please look after yourself while listening. If you need support in Australia, 1800RESPECT is there on 1800 737 732.
Oh, and a few little Fourth Wing spoilers too! If you have not read book 1, block your ears when we get to that part! haha.
What we chat about:
- Emma’s Puglia must-eats: bocconotti for brekkie, orecchiette with cime di rapa, bombette, octopus panino and figs straight off the tree (maybe don’t do that last one)
- The cutest towns: Martina Franca, Ostuni, Locorotondo, Monopoli, Lecce and Cisternino
- Why the late-night passeggiata is the most Italian thing ever
- Watching five groups doing photoshoots at lunch… and then scheduling our own reels like, what are we doing?!
- The AI yoga accounts taking over our feeds (so weird)
- Why we really want to bring back in-person events
- Speaking up about the hard stuff, and raising little boys who step in
- Carla’s birthday week, newborn life and 2am squats while rocking Leo
- Emma’s local chestnut festival and a bike ride on the Via Appia Antica
- Threshing Day is out!! Our fave stories so far (Xaden, obviously)
Our takeaways:
- Live it first, photograph it second. Take the pic, sure, then put the phone down.
- Real humans matter more than ever. Especially when half your feed is AI.
- If you’re safe to speak up, speak up. Be the one who calls it out.
- The hard seasons pass. Dinnertime chaos won’t last forever (and maybe it’s the whole point anyway).
Stuff we mentioned:
- Bar Adua, Martina Franca (THE bocconotti)
- La Pasteria, Martina Franca (fresh pasta, so good)
- Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- Windy City series by Liz Tomforde
- Sherele Moody and Australian Femicide Watch: australianfemicidewatch.org
- 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732
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Emma + Carla
The Merrymaker Sisters