Steve McQueen’s International Driving License

Here it is, the international Motorcyclist’s license belonging to the King of Cool himself, Steve McQueen. It sold at auction in 2009 for a whopping $42,700 USD. As all McQueen fans would know, the icon was an avid motorcycle and car racer as well as collector, so this is probably the ultimate, most symbolic piece…

The Cutest Teapots You ever did See

My English friends love tea, naturally, but despite living in London for over 25 years, I never quite understood the obsession with ‘a good cuppa’. But these teapots, these teapots make me want to curl up in a kitschy English countryside cottage and make tea all damn day. Found on my long and perilous internet…

You could spend your Honeymoon in a 7-foot Champagne Glass Bath … or Not.

Oh I do love the internet! Today I’d like to welcome you to this neat-o couples resort that boasts honeymoon suites with 7-foot champagne glass whirlpool baths overlooking glass heart-shaped pools. That’s right, you could spend that romantic vacation which usually only happens once in your whole entire life … here! Now I’m not entirely sure…

Nigeria Fashion Week: Way Less Boring than normal Fashion Week

Anyone else had enough of the same old fashion week news coverage? A web series from VICE is here to save the day. Hosted by quirky Brit presenter, Charlet Dubac, the series called Fashion Internationale follows various non-mainstream fashion weeks around the world. So let’s escape all that pretentious fashion week coverage and take a…

Time Travel Movie of the Week: That Thing You Do!

One of my favorite things in life is finding someone who hasn’t seen one of my favorite movies of all time. So I’m hoping there are a few of you out there who missed this little-known Tom Hanks film called That Thing You Do. In 1996, when I was about eleven years-old, (yikes, the mid-nighties…

Abandoned Chateau du Jour

A house fit for Gatsby, nestled in the South of France, inspired by the palazzos of Italy, the Chateau Bijou is a one of kind find that I’ve been bursting to share with you. These incredible photographs are brought to us by the Belgian explorers behind Forbidden Places who jumped the gates and took of…

These Places Exist

I‘m having a bit of library-obsessed moment here if you don’t mind. I stumbled upon this photograph of the Library of the Kremsmünster in Austria and just had to see more of this magical place. Little did I know I was going to the find treasure trove that is photographer Massimo Listri’s work. He has…

Celebrity Mugshot Time Travel

If there was ever a time to get arrested and have your mug shot taken, the 1920s was it! The creator of a new Tumblr, ‘Mugshot Doppelganger‘ says, “the tacky looking mugshots we have today are in stark contrast to the mugshots taken in the 1920’s. Vintage mugshots have an eerie beauty to them that’s…

The Rambling Notes of an Expat at a Parisian House Party

Over the weekend le boyfriend threw a house-warming party. I neatly arranged saucisson sec, expensive-looking crisps and black olives on a table. Boys in blue stripey sweaters attended, clusters of people did bohemian things on the roof and I walked around crashing into things. I tend to avoid conversation as a whole at Parisian parties.…

Parisians reacting to the Naked Bottom

This is a charming little photo series that I want to share with you by the ever-relevant French photographer, Robert Doisneau entitled the very long-winded Tableau de Wagner dans la vitrine de la Galerie Romi, rue de Seine, Paris 6e. Phew. Taken in 1948, when Doisneau could often be spotted wandering the streets of Paris…