Isaac & Derek ( noun ) :  two very social bitches who love good coffee, great food, and a rather ridiculous amount of champagne. 

While Isaac’s New Zealand born and bred, often mistaken for an All-Black; Derek meanwhile is originally from Scotland, but emigrated down-under as a small, incredibly pasty child, and was forced to live in the suburbs.

Many years later, though still before the internet was even invented, this fabulous duo finally crossed paths under the influence of alcohol [ combined with 90s dance music & strobe lighting ] and have rarely been sober since.

   

Then in 2010 – after MUCH wining & dining, not to mention two major home renovations – they suddenly realised a guaranteed summer every year wasn’t really their thing, and so decided to make Edinburgh’s fabulous New Town their home.

Since then they’ve very much enjoyed living amongst Georgian grandeur, and indulging in the city’s incredible hospitality scene. Which in turn has helped make them an enormous amount of friends who drink almost as much as they do.

This functional alcoholism eventually inspired Derek & Isaac’s reinvention as the Social Bitches, reviewing the city’s best bars & restaurants, then more recentl,y becoming the best-dressed, most wine-soaked columnists of BITE Magazine.

   

They’re also massive fans of travel [ all paid partnerships warmly encouraged, hint hint mother-f**kers ] as it gives them the opportunity to indulge their love of gluttony and day drinking in an alfresco setting, preferably a gorgeous rooftop bar.

So while it’s sometimes joked you’ll find these two at the opening of a fridge, the Social Bitches believe life’s too short for either mediocrity OR sobriety, a mantra they hope will help you to live your “hashtag best life” in the process.