13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCXVII)

1. This Incredible Pumpkin Caramel Pie to kick off fall Recipe found on the Kitchen McCabe. 2. Painting of the Day Eclips of the Sun in Venice in July 8, 1842 by Ippolito Caffi. Zoom in on Wikimedia. 3. One of the churches at Geghard Monastery in Goght, Armenia (4th Century) Found on Legendary Scholar.…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCXVI)

1. #TheQueuefortheQueen 2. The British royal family owns a not-so-nerdy stamp collection worth £100 million (The Royal Philatelic Collection also doubles as the family photo album). Queen Victoria’s son Prince Alfred started it all off with a pane of 6d stamps acquired in 1856, although the world’s first stamp had been issued several years earlier, on May…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol.DCXV)

1. This Fabulous Account of Colorised Historical Images All found on History Colored. 2. An Iridescent Pileus Cloud over China NASA’s astronomy photo of the day, found via Present & Correct. 3. This Incredible Private Canadian Island Home For Sale Table Rock Islands , Georgian Bay, Ontario listed for $2,650,000, found via this list of island…

When Dangerous Dancing Dandies were the Bad Boys of Paris

The Paris of the Belle Époque saw the emergence of a certain type of street outcasts; a subculture that combined killer style with the criminal underworld. They were known as, les Apaches. They lived in secret dens in the city outskirts, shunned the idea of honest labor and took their name from the allegedly savage native American…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol.DCXIV)

1. Zorita, the 1940s “Half and Half” Snake-wielding Burlesque Dancer She was an American burlesque dancer. She was best known for a twenty-minute dance which she performed with two boa constrictors called ‘Elmer and Oscar’ Some of her other unique and subversive numbers: In another act, she emerges from a giant spiderweb dripping in rhinestones. Dark ‘spider’s hands’ slowly peel…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCXIII)

1. A Treehouse in Tuscia La Piantata, a B&B, found here. 2. Gucci arrives in Detroit Gucci has opened a permanent 3,500 sq ft store in a Renaissance Revival landmark in the downtown. The Italian heritage brand has been eying Detroit since 2019 when it launched its Gucci North America Changemaker’s programme to spotlight talent in the city.…

The Edwardian Style Spy Photographer

If you follow MessyNessyChic on Instagram, you’ll probably have stumbled upon a series I came to name as “Style Spy“, which to my bemusement, has probably become the most watched form of content on that social media platform, but more on that later. Today, I stumbled upon a kindred spirit of yore: Edward Linley Sambourne.…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCXII)

1. Reviving 17 Original Orient Express Carriages, Forgotten in Poland Now destined for a comeback on the storied Paris-Istanbul route, the 17 carriages discovered in Poland (12 sleeping cars, a restaurant car, three lounge cars, and a van) are being restored in France and will hit the railways in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics.…

Parisian Street Sellers of Yore

Shopping in Belle Epoque Paris wasn’t exactly … well, convenient. General stores and grocery stores were still a very novel concept in the latter half of the 19th century, and the few that existed were only catering to the wealthy elite. There was also a French law that restricted merchants from selling or specialising in…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCXI)

1. With Tennis in the Brain, check out the Wilson Tennis Ball Factory in Thailand Photos by Amanda Mustard found via Present & Correct. 2. This tiny Cor-beurre-sier chair From Instagram’s @suea 3. The picturesque Paris of Czech Artist Tavík František Šimon TavíTavik Frantisek Šimon (TF Šimon) (1877-1942) is one of the most important Czech…