What we love this week...
Eat
Melbourne: Second Home's breakfast super salad – raw broccoli, peas, mint, kale, charred corn, black beans, quinoa, avocado, smoked yoghurt and poached egg ($17.90) – is good for us and our Want, Need by Eliza Iredale. Read, Ups & Downs by Georgie Gordon. Eat by Bri Hammond. Photography by Jennifer Soo; Bri Hammond taste buds. 21 Brougham Street, Eltham,
Second Home's breakfast super salad.Credit:Bri Hammond
Sydney: Brigade Dining's nettle risotto ($20) pairs delicious fl avours with interesting textures such as perfectly al dente rice and crunchy tempura zucchini fl owers. Th e Light Brigade, corner Oxford Street and Jersey Road, Woollahra.
Need
If you're not lazing away your days in a Barbadian beach resort, this "70s Love Seat" ($695) is surely the next best thing – and just as fitting in your living room as outside your sunset-view cabana; byronbayhangingchairs.com.au.
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Want
This season's denim is all about the crop and chop, but you needn't resort to savaging old faithfuls with the kitchen scissors. French cool-girl label Sandro Paris does a flattering pair in the perfect indigo wash. "Markus" jeans, $360,
Read
Katherine Johnson's award-winning The Better Son (Ventura Press, $30) is a haunting story of secrets, loss and redemption. It follows Kip and his return, 50 years later, to the Tasmanian cave in which his brother went missing while they were playing.
Up
Colour-block pantsuits: Call it the Hillary eff ect; bright, bold power suits are having a moment.
Victoria Beckham x Target: We can't wait to see the Spice Girl turned fashion designer's latest collaboration, out next April.
Put a Bun in the Oven: The Gidget Foundation needs you to get baking to raise funds and awareness of perinatal depression.
Down
Succulent nails: Yes, living plants glued to your nails. We know botanicals are a big trend, but this is ridiculous
Doughnut walls: Coming soon to a wedding near you … eating dessert off a wall.
The Half Day Diet: Sees you eating healthily in the morning, then loading up on carbs at night. We wish!