So what’s hot and what’s not this week?

Hurray for hot chocolate, boo to those lost Ear Pods

Proper hot chocolate – cafes are cottoning on to lowering the sickly sweet sugar content
Proper hot chocolate – cafes are cottoning on to lowering the sickly sweet sugar content

WHAT'S HOT?

Theatre bingeing
We are mid-Fringe with the Dublin Theatre Festival on the horizon

The Phil Trinity College's Philosophical Society has announced another fantastic calendar of speakers

Fitbit New European headquarters opens in Dublin in time for the launch of the first swim-proof fitness wrist band

Proper hot chocolate Cafes are cottoning on to lowering the sickly sweet sugar content

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Statement raincoats It's lashing. We like Stutterheim, Hunter vinyl macs and Acne's Blanka Varnish

'Motherland' Another cracker from Sharon Horgan, this time with Graham and Helen Linehan, and Holly Walsh

Oasis The rock doc Supersonic is out October 2nd

Red carpets The Emmys take place on Sunday

WHAT’S NOT

Apple's new cordless EarPods Who has the time/patience to charge headphones? (And don't even get us started on how easy it will be to lose them)

Avocado burger buns A literally impossible to grasp food trend

Desigual Fashion's most confusingly successful brand put incorporated Snapchat filters in hair and makeup on catwalk models recently

Irish Uber Quick, cheap and convenient in other places, slow and sparse here

Summer cleaning The big tidying jobs you were meant to do … and now it's autumn

Giant sweet treats Bring back the small scone, cookie, doughnut and cupcake