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

1. The Man Who Crawled the World Meet performance artist Pope .L “who traversed a substantial portion of New York City (and parts of Europe) on his hands, knees, stomach, and elbows, wearing everything from a Superman costume to a sports jersey and Nike sneakers”. “One of the problems with . . . my crawl works is they…

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

1. An Abandoned Chateau Known as “Little Versailles” In a village in the Vosges department of France is a chateau built in the nineteenth century by Charles Perron for the widow of a wealthy French industrialist, Elisabeth Géhin. Called the “Versailles vosgien”, the chateau was built in the Louis XV style, using only the finest…

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

1. Behold, Croissant Cereal It was National Croissant Day in France over the weekend (Jan 30th), so here’s the recipe to croissant cereal you didn’t ask for…. It’s unclear exactly who started the trend – one Brooklyn-based bakery was actually selling it for $50 at one point. Youtube channel Chef Steps created a how to…

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

1. This insane Connecticut Castle listed on Zillow Built in 2010 by the “great-grandson of a Chicago steel tycoon” the 18,777 square-foot estate, nestled on top of seventy-five acres, features 9 bedrooms, 7 full baths, 3 half baths and 12 fireplaces — as well as a moat and “towers rising 126 feet into the sky.”…

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

1. Martin Luther King, Jr., arrested for “loitering,” Montgomery, Alabama, 1958 Public domain photograph (photographer unknown). Found on Reddit. 2. Lee Krasner Is Finally Appreciated for Being More Than “Mrs. Pollock” Her reputation as a painter was, for most of her life, dwarfed by that of her husband, Jackson Pollock. Within the past few years, however,…

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

1. An Artist’s Utopian Vision from the Early 1900s Wenzel Hablik (1881) was a painter, graphic artist, architect, designer, and craftsman from Bohemia of the early twentieth century, associated with German Expressionism. At the age of six, he found a specimen of crystal, and saw in it “magical castles and mountains” that would later appear in…

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

1. The Underrated Costume Designs of Flash Gordon Costumes for the 1980 space opera film were designed by Italian Danilo Donati, who in addition to being a production designer, won the Academy Award for Best Costume twice (first for Romeo and Juliet in 1968 and Felini’s Cassanova in 1976). Found on Quora. 2. This champagne bottle fancy dress…

MessyNessy’s 21 Favourite Little Stories of 2021

A remarkable year perhaps it wasn’t. Life as we know it seemingly remained on pause in 2021; in limbo and on shaky ground. It was about finding some kind of “normal” in the aftermath of chaos, picking up the pieces and figuring out if they’re worth gluing back together in the exact same way. Probably…

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

1. Strong contender for Cosiest Home on the Internet Jade is the “forever nesting” mother of four behind the instagram account @_cosyhome. Doesn’t it feel like you could be on the set of Love Actually?! “Everything I buy is second hand”, she says. “I love vintage & always searching charity shops & eBay for treasures…

Forget Roadside America, Let’s Location Scout in “Weird France”

I’ve been yearning to get back across the pond for a good ol’ dose of “weird America”, but I tend to forget that my own country has some pretty odd, quirky and wonderfully nostalgic sights to see when you venture off the main road. Wes Anderson would have a field day with Atlas des Régions…