vol #22: fernet branca, monday monday & international vibes
sent from will & felix's iphones with love
will & felix:
Hello all!!! Or should we say holaaaa (haha we’re currently travelling abroad, thanks for asking) We are Will and Felix. Two sides of the same coin. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of meeting us—Will is a wanky writer for GQ and Vogue and Felix is a big old biology nerd doing a PhD in breast cancer. Talk about opposites attract hey. Anywho—we are currently visiting Argentina because we needed to get out of the mild Sydney autumn and into the very extreme Patagonian autumn—which we might add has involved a lot of snow!!! We made the decision to come to Argentina in ‘shoulder season’. Not quite summer, not ready to call it winter. But look. It’s gorgy. The trees are that fun shade of golden brown. There’s a bit of snow sprinkling the top of mountains like icing sugar on your fav treat at Bourke St Bakery. There’s really been a lot of everything in the weather department. But we came prepared…to learn. And SO here are the valuable lessons we’ve found so far (when we aren’t ~finding ourselves~) ENJOY !!
okay beautiful besties alert!
this is the online bit
Internet Forums
There’s a big bad world of information out there. Right at our fingertips. There’s facebook groups, forums, travel guides, substack subscriptions, right there for you to get tips on your next journey. You can find whatever you need. Places to stay, national holidays, what area of the beach the locals won’t bash you on. Really, you can gather so much about a place by visiting its subreddit, that you could skip it all together. And you know what? You are just as much within your damn rights to ignore everything you see out there. “Don’t come to Patagonia in May,” they said on one dumb travel forum. “It will be shit” they said on another stupid site - “Trip Advisor” or something. In fact, we found more detailed information about why you shouldn’t go to Patagonia in May than there were benefits about this great country. But you know what? FUCK that. We’re here. And it slaps. Fuck you James Austin you prick.
fuck you james austen you prick
How good is an entrance song. This is the song that’s in like, every movie ever. You’re not really sure which one when you hear it, but you know it’s one of them. There’s something about the intro though. It really riles you up a little bit. The band is a little bit weird, whatever. But this song? Idk we think there’s something about it. We’ve never heard “Moooonday” being sung that actually makes us feel… happy? Start your day/week/morning RIGHT.
The Weather App
What are your top three most used apps? Hinge, Calculator, and Voice Memos? Try the Weather App. We’re convinced Apple has a team of interns working the weather app that have all clocked off the hour before you check it and have put in on “randomise” . It's never right. Here it says there’s snow when My Brother In Christ I can see the sun. It’s no better back in Sydney. At least the humidity is better here. Can we do a don’t recommend, online recommendation?
you see any snow? huh?
this is the irl bit
Fernet Branca
Okay everyone has that one hospo mate that did one shift pouring Grifter at the local and was shown this drink and has tried at some point to pour it down your throat. It's foul. Is it? Whatever you think of it, turns out the people over here fucking LOVE it. However where they differ from the good folk behind the bar is that they drink it with coke (and before you say you’ve done it with coke already - shut the fuck up) The soft drink. It tastes sick. It’s like menthol bomb meets this liquorice, aniseed, thingo with hella coca-cola flavour. In a word. Refreshing. Stop getting your hospo mates to make you do shots and just splash some coke in. It’s the yuzu and spritz of the winter. We’re fucking calling it.
the yuzu and spritz of the winter, apparently
International Vibes
Why do we all speak different languages? It just makes everything hard. Thankfully, though, we have universal vibes. You know what we mean. There are some words, phrases, hand signals, swear words that everyone just gets. You know you can signal things, mouth words, or say “photo” to just about anyone and they’ll get it. And honestly. Thank god for that. The vibes just translate. Trying to buy a beer? It’s pretty much a universal word. Trying to find out if you can go on a hike? “Closed” is pretty much the same. Want the bill? Do the little hand sign like you’re autographing something for Mr Invisible. People will get you! We all get each other!!!
Clapping
Is it an ick if someone claps when the plane lands? It’s a bit cringe. People did that on our flight, and honestly it was a new experience. Why the fuck would you clap for something like that? But it got us thinking. Who are we to ban the clap outside of the concert, the stand-up gig or the Oscars. Why do we say “congratulations” to your mate at the bar, when you could just sit there and fucking CLAP. It says much more than words could. Fuck why did we even type anything out? We should just clap.
a pic so it doesn’t just look like it’s all about will & felix
adios chicos xxxx
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