I Dream of a Solex: The Brigitte Bardot Bike

It’s come that time for me in Paris when the charm of the metro has been replaced by lingering unpleasant smells, usually coming from the crazy people trying to approach me almost every time I use it. I think it’s a rite of passage that comes after living in Paris for over a year. And…

The Wonderful World of Celebrity Lookalikes

Now you may think I’m compromising the integrity of my blog by doing a mindless celebrity post like this but you’d be wrong. This is just the kind of post that makes the internet great. So sit back and enjoy, minimal brain-power required… Cary Grant – George Clooney … Helena Christensen – Cameron Diaz ……

Is Dolly Parton the way forward for Hipsters?

It’s a well documented concern that hipsters are running out of ideas of how to differentiate themselves from the average joe these days. And so as I happened to be stumbling upon a gallery of Dolly Parton’s fashion choices today, it made me wonder. Most of the style that made neo-hipsters ‘hip’ was actually the…

Parents will get old & that’s Life

You’ve probably clicked on this article because at one point or another, you’ve feared life without your parents. Yes, I’m going there. This isn’t a topic I thought I’d ever be writing about either and I’ll admit I’m uneasy about whether it’s really appropriate here, on my blog. I had a choice either to keep…

Starved of a Realistic Female Body Image? Flesh & Curves this way…

Hi there. Don’t be shy, yes that’s a boobie and a curvy waist you just saw, we’re going to be looking at a lot of those in a moment. For a few minutes today, I thought I’d give you a little time-out from what we’re used to being brainwashed with exposed to all over the…

10 Random Facts that will Make You Sound Smarter than You Really Are

There’s nothing better than that moment when you have an incredibly interesting fact to spew in a social situation, making yourself sound infinitely more intelligent than you really are. MessyNessy has picked out some of her favorites to throw out there at your New Years parties this weekend … 1. The U.S Government once poisoned…

Awkward Family Photos: Then & Now

As yet another year comes to a close and we wonder where the time went, I thought this photostory,”Back to the Future” by Irina Werning couldn’t be more appropriate. It also happens to be that time of year when a lot of us are back home with families, and in the post-Christmas lull we do…

The Little Shop that Cared & other Tales

– When I was a little girl, I used to play ‘shop’. I set up my own make-shift retail space, carefully displaying my own clothes and toys around my bedroom and for hours on end I happily traded with imaginary customers. I borrowed the colored bills from our Monopoly game and used a real receipt-printing…

It’s my Blog and I’ll do a Wedding post if I Want to

Fine. I’m no blogging expert on weddings– there are plenty of websites for that if you’re looking for some serious advice on planning here, here and here. I do know however, that Bella’s bridal dress from Twighlight: Breaking Dawn, part 1 (or maybe part 2? I’m not sure) is available to buy for $799 (vampire groom…

Before & After Pin-Up Models Back in the Day without Photoshop

Ever wonder why today’s fashion campaigns are a product of lengthy Photoshopping sessions? What kind of touch-ups did the models get before Adobe came along and changed our world forever? As these pin-up before & afters show, the models literally became cartoons of their former selves…