THE PAYWALL HAS LEFT THE CHAT

Cheers, motherf✨ckers - the content tollbooth has yeeted itself into the sun and everything is now freeeeee!

That’s right, friends — I’ve gone full Robin Hood (minus the archery and 170 denier tights) and officially disabled paid subscriptions on this Substack. Effective immediately, everything I write here is yours to read, skim, ignore, screenshot for free, bro.

Why the change? Because this little corner of the internet started as a joyful experiment - a carry-on-only travel resource meets recommendation column meets hack haven meets digital luggage scales fan club. Remember those first posts? Packing lists! Compression cubes! Capsule wardrobes! Munich river swimming! French Chateaus! Italian villas and boat rides that made me sob! You were there. You were golden. You supported it all so generously and made me feel like what I had to share was worth something. Thank you.

But now? It’s time to take things back to basics. No more gated content. Just me, tapping away and oversharing, just as nature intended.

If you were on a paid subscription — first of all, thank you. I am wildly grateful. You made this possible. You will be refunded via Substack and Stripe. Emails from their official people should be landing in your inboxes soon. No action needed, just a little patience.

So, what’s next?

I’ll still be popping in here with the usual mix of fashion finds, book recs, TV rabbit holes, and all the other delightful nothingness you’ve come to expect. No grand revelations. Just me.

Admittedly, my time these days is being joyfully hijacked by Big Work Stuff:
DISCO CLUB - Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like — sequins, sweat, and a cult following. We tour the country giving the women of Australia the ultimate night out of dancing and singing. It’s everything you miss about clubbing and nothing you don’t. It’s a multigenerational Barbie Land of women celebrating milestone birthdays, hens’ parties, divorce parties, graduations, promotions, baby showers, surviving the hellscape of school WhatsApp groups…and simply finding themselves again. Magic happens when women come together, so strap in because the second half of 2025 will be HUGE!
Lise & Sarah - our weekly show that has been described as “the Best & Less of podcasts”. Got to love trolls who actually deliver catchy taglines, right? LOL - thanks, Ian. Every Tuesday, my co-host Sarah and I take an emotionally unsupervised scroll through the void, rage about ravioli serving sizes and other LIES, and roast ourselves and each other like our livelihoods depend on it. It’s a lemon sorbet palate cleanser for your emotional tastebuds: not world news, just top-shelf friendship chaos.

You are most welcome to join me in either or both.

But here on Substack, I’ll keep it easy, breezy - wherever and whenever the wind takes me. What I can tell you is that my family and I are heading to Japan this December for our first ever skiing adventure! Not sure if or how I’ll cover it but stay tuned, nonetheless.

Thank you for kickstarting this space and for supporting whatever weird, wordy thing I’ve got going on.

xo Lise