A Tale of Two Cities & Beyond with MessyNessyChic in 2018

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In 2018, MessyNessyChic became a tale of two cities. We’ll always have Paris, but now we have New York too. In preparation  for Don’t Be a Tourist in New York, book number 2 (touching down in 2019), this year our rabbit hole led us across the pond in search of a sleepless city’s secrets. Armed with a sixth sense for discovering the curious and off-beat, the MessyNessy team has been furiously compiling the book we think an iconic city finally deserves. We’ve been dropping a few hints along the way and can’t wait to share our vault of New York treasures with you in the new year.

MessyNessy at the Explorers Club in NYC

But 2018 was also an important year for women that saw the launch of a movement, one long overdue that amplified the message: we are a force to be reckoned with. You’ve come along on so many of our virtual adventures and strange discoveries, but in case you missed any, we’ve rounded up some of our favourites. Our New Year’s toast goes out to you, for being endlessly supportive and curious as MessyNessyChic evolves with every year that passes. New Year, friends, and here’s to many more adventures together…

A Sample of Our New York Discoveries…

• Manhattan’s Last Farmhouse

• Three NYC Bookshops That Will Steal Your Heart

• Inside New York’s Greatest Liveable Cabinet of Curiosities

• How Pianos Built a Forgotten Utopian Village in Queens, NY 

• Brooklyn’s Best Kept Secret: A Wes Anderson Versailles

• A Time Traveller’s Secret Stroll Through Brooklyn Heights

• Digging for Treasure (and Love) in New York City

• A Secret Archive in New York City That Saved Tiffany Lamps from Extinction 

• Unlocking the Secrets of Vinegar Hill

Paris Adventures Continued…

• A Secret Living Museum in Paris

• Secrets of Belleville

• Inside the Secret Workshop of the Louvre

• The Last House of Fans, Paris

• The Secret Rooftop Farms You Can Visit Above Parisian Department Stores

• The Last Makers of the Parisian Cafe Chair

• Maps, Miniatures and Mixed Reality

Strong Women Remembered

• Even With a Name Like Aloha Wanderwell, You’ve Probably Never Heard of Her

• What Happened to Picasso’s Forgotten Teenage Muse? 

• The Forgotten LGBT Queen of Paris and Her Secret Masonic Temple

• She Raced the Boys and Took Their Trophies

• Uncovering Hollywood’s 1920s “Antichrist” Photo Shoots 

• The Real Ice Queens: Women Who Conquered the Cold Wearing Corsets

• Alone with Her Bike, the First Females to Ride Around the World

Our Favourite Compendiums of Randomness…

• The Marvellous Mod World of Sci-Fi Supermarionettes

• The Lost Art of Victorian Human Hair Shrines

• 13 Movies for a Nostalgic European Summer

• The Inexplicably Fascinating Japanese Art of Being Useless

• I Dream of Dacha 

• So in Japan, Their Public Toilets are Actually Worth Documenting

Memorable Stories for the Fireside…

• Remember When You Could Mail Order an Entire House in a Giant DIY Kit?

• Trolling Nazis (and the World) with Forged Art

• The Bittersweet Story of the World’s First Motel

• The Princess Pretenders

• Let’s Raise a Glass to America’s Black Wall Street

• The Boy Robot of 1774

• What a Relief Our Doctors Aren’t Body Snatchers Anymore

• That Time a Wheat Field Grew in Downtown New York

Armchair Travel with MessyNessyChic

• Don’t Be a Tourist in Romania 

• England’s Secret Historic Hotel Network

• Back to the Borscht Belt: Exploring the Ruins of Another Doomed Resort Hotel

• Murder and Afternoon Tea on the Orient Express

• Camping like Wes Anderson: The Real Moonrise Kingdom

• Don’t Be a Tourist in Provence: A Weekend Guide 

• A Pilgrimage to the Ancient Penis Monastery 

See you in 2019, dear reader!