The 1920s Speakeasy Club with a Treehouse in the Backyard

We’ve stumbled upon the backyard of a speakeasy club called the Krazy Kat Club in Washington DC, July 15, 1921. It looks like they might have decided to move their staff meeting outside to their treehouse in the heavy heat of July– and nobody is in the mood for business. Every workplace should have a backyard…

Bedtime Reading: The 1960 Official Playboy Club Bunny Manual

This evening, let’s get stuck into the official hand-typed copy of “The Playboy Club Bunny Manual”. You probably weren’t aware that there’s an online association for ex Playboy bunnies where bunnies of the world can unite, find old bunny colleagues, reminisce and most importantly, air all of Playboy’s dirty laundry. Thankfully one such bunny decided to…

FOOD P0RN: Sizzling Summer Recipes

Welcome to yet another mouth-watering edition of Food P0rn! This time we’ll salivating over summer recipes– so overall more refreshing foods, lighter on the tummy and plenty of seaside classics. Enjoy…. Hummus and Avocado toasts with roasted tomatoes Recipe here ::: Saffron Mussels with Cream Recipe here ::: Indian Spiced Roast Chicken Recipe here :::…

The Rock & Roll Cult of Sunset Boulevard

The only Hollywood-based cult of the 60s and 70s that comes to mind is the Manson Family, so when I happened upon this photograph of a secretive but wild group of beautiful young people who strolled around LA in the 1970s wearing colorful gowns, devoted to a Hollywood restauranteur-turned-spiritual leader who had 13 wives, a Rolls…

You’ll never guess who owns this Vintage Pink Lamborghini…

I nearly choked on my marshmallow when I saw this beautiful specimen of automotive machinery painted in pale pastel pink on the New York Times online. And you’ll never guess who this baby belongs to! This one-of-a-kind-why-isn’t-it-mine 1974 Lamborghini Espada belongs to Lorrie Stern, a young-at-heart grandmother of five, living in New Rochelle, NY who also…

PARIS: Shops from another Century

The summer sales have started in Paris so I thought this might be a good time to take a look at how shopping used to be in the French captial. And thanks to Eugène Atget, a French photographer of the early twentieth century who made it his business to photograph the architecture and street scenes…

10 Simple & Cool DIY Ideas for the Weekend

I‘m not here to pretend I’m some kind of crafty DIY blogger that goes around magically decorating my room with a new make-over every week. But I do however know how to spot a super simple DIY project, so easy that you could probably do it while getting tipsy on a bottle of wine, which…

SACRE BLEU! Le Croissant is dying out in France

Is there any French gastronomic icon bigger than the croissant? When the rest of the world thinks of the French, do they not picture us sitting in le café on a cobblestone street with our breton striped t-shirts smoking cigarettes, drinking wine and eating le croissant? And rest assured dear citizens of the world, that…

Vintage Brides

Wedding season is upon us. I know this because there are currently at least five brides-t0-be sharing every single disastrous moment that occurs in the build up to their weddings on my Facebook newsfeed. The closer they get to their big day, the more volatile the status updates become. And so to commemorate this joyous…

Time Travel Movie of the Week: Heartburn

The woman who practically invented the romantic comedy, the woman who brought us Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail, passed away this week. Filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, journalist, author, and blogger; Nora Ephone was 76 years old. Having a look on her IMDB page, I came across a film she made in 1986 starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl…