Good evening frogs,
Can I start off with a personal story about frogs?
If youâve listened to my podcast, youâd have heard this one, but if youâre a casual employee who spends most of their shift punching darts out the front, strap in.
In 2003, I was obsessed with frogs. Along with Austin Powers, the Suga store and The Ketchup Song, frogs were my favourite thing.
And it was around this time that I decided my parents had to buy me frogs.
My persuasion tactic was simple.
Iâd create a folder on the family computer full of pictures of frogs. Dad smoked a lot of weed at the time and I knew that when the family study started smelling like funky herbs, it was nigh time for me to bust in and convince him to buy me things. (Yung CEO af)
On this particular night, I crept in and begged him to boot up the PC and look at the frogs with me. Too high to deny, he obliged. But when we clicked on the folder, his bloodshot eyes saw red.
There was a picture of a penis. A micropenis, no less.
How could I explain this? I couldnât. Because I didnât put it there. As it turned out, my cousin who had stayed over the night before had been sent the picture on a chain email, and indadvertedly saved it to my frog folder.
Dad was livid, I played the âscarredâ card and in a matter of days, my frogs were home and housed.
Lmao. In totally unrelated news, tonightâs TOP HAT TIPS are from Sydneyâs most mysterious international woman of mysterious mystery, Miss Double Bay!
MDB is more than just a meme page â itâs an institution as integral to Sydney culture as Tottiâs. Iâm incredibly pleased to share this â their first Australian interview.
Letâs get it! #thisonesforthegirls.
WHO
F: Who are you?
MDB: Miss Double Bay here! I like long lunches with the girls, short walks on the beach and $300 ATM withdrawals (usually in that exact order). Thanks for having me on the newsletter Froomes.
IDENTITY
F: So I know you as Claudia because weâve had Business Meetings before. You run a meme page, but youâre also a person â who are you? What do u do?
MDB:Â We have! Your nuggets of wisdom have been really helpful, so thank you. TBH I find it hard to sum up who I am in a couple of sentences. Like any good onion, I have layers. I think what brings me the most joy in life is making people laugh (especially my girlfriends). Iâm known to be extremely blunt and somewhat sarcastic which people can often mistake for being a bitch (donât get me wrong, Iâm also a bitch). When Iâm not being Miss DB Iâm a social media manager for a creative agency.
WHEN
F: When did you start @missdoublebay? What was the catalyst?
MDB: Iâve always been a lover of memes, back when Tumblr and Galaxy pants were all the rage. In school, I would always âmemeifyâ my friends and spend more hours than Iâd like to admit trolling 9Gag.Â
I guess the true catalyst for the page happened in 2016 when I wrote a fake review on the Woolworths Facebook page. For shits and giggles, I found a photo of mouldy avocados on the interwebs and paired it with an OTT review. It was all a bit of fun until their PR team called me out and the story went viral. There was one article that coined me as âMiss Double Bayâ, and Iâve just rolled with the name ever since.
(not my finest hour)
RESTAURANT
F: Fave restaurant in the eastern suburbs.
MDB: Iâm still tossing up between Tottiâs and Indian Home Diner. Tip: Always order 2 x burrata at Tottiâs and youâll never be disappointed with the No.7 at Home Diner. You can thank me later xx
UNDERRATED
F: Most underrated cafe/restaurant/establishment in the eastern suburbs?
MDB: Surely it has to be Sushi Train. Whoever came up with the idea to have sushi moving along a conveyer belt must be sitting back in their mansion today smoking a giant joint and masturbating.
MUSIC
F: Do you have a playlist that typifies the attitude of Miss Double Bay?
MDB: Iâm the kind of girl who listens to the same 5 songs on repeat. â
of those songs are usually by Doja Cat. Hereâs one playlist I prepared earlier:
TUNA DIP
F: So in your highlights, you have a story about tuna dip which is appaz the best in the east. Can you talk us through that story? How was the reaction from the place who makes it? Can we please have the recipe? Umm also I saw you used John West, wtf?
MDB:Â I knew you would be disappointed in my choice of tuna, the thought plagued me from when I was at the supermarket checkout to the moment of posting those stories! My friendâs mum who leaked me the recipe STRESSED the tuna needed to be in brine and sadly my local IGA didnât stock Sirena in brine.Â
The story behind the infamous Tuna dip recipe is Fifi (my friends mum) called the pantry that makes pasta and pretended her daughter had an allergic reaction to the dip in order to get its ingredients, AND IT WORKED! No reaction as of yet from the place which makes the heavenly dip, will keep you posted.
The recipe Iâve saved to story highlights!
NEXT BUSINESS VENTURE
F: Youâve created merch before (hat below). Can we expect any more gear from Miss Double Bay?
MDB: God, you wear that hat well. You sure can! Not to give too much away but let's just say I'm venturing into the âready to tearâ industryâŚ
ME
F: I havenât spoken about myself in a while. Anything you want to ask the CEO?
MDB:Â Favourite thing about living in Bondi / the East?
F: For the first 6 months of living here, I thought I had made a huge mistake. Rent is expensive and men donât wear tops to Woolworths. But Iâm learning to love it. Last weekend was my one-year anniversary ând I treated myself to make-at-home meal from Three Blue Ducks⌠it was fkn nice. Pity I didnât have any of your Spicy Watermelon Margs on tap hun!
Thanks Claudia.
Holy HECK 1 MINUTE TILL 8PM I NEED TO PUBLISH THIS MTHFKER!
Lovely to have you all, send me an email back :-)
CEO F x