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Man steals Goat from Paris Park, takes it for a Joy Ride on the Metro

First of all, you need to know that there are goats in the Jardin des Tuileries that tend to the lawns of the iconic gardens,  introduced several years ago as a form of “eco-grazing”. But more importantly– that’s a goat, on the Parisian metro– stolen from the Tuileries on November 13th and smuggled underground onto…

Manhattan’s Secret Shoppable Loft

It wasn’t until the end of my stay in New York that I realised I’d been living in an entirely shoppable dream apartment. The enviable furniture and covetable design accents might be hiding the price tags, but the decorating ideas are on the house. The Witness Apartment is a unique New York City loft that sheds its skin…

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

1.Freddie Mercury’s First Band You can see him, centre, with his bandmates in 1958. Their band was called “The Hectics”. The school-band was formed while all five were students at St. Peter’s Boys School, an English boarding school near Bombay (now Mumbai), India. The band only played at school events and were not allowed to venture outside for bookings. Found on…
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A Secret Archive in New York City that Saved Tiffany Lamps from Extinction

Whose job is it to safeguard one of the most hated designs in decorative history? In the case of the Tiffany lamp, it fell to a New York City orthodontist and immigrant from Austria who happened to be furniture shopping in Greenwich Village in 1935 when his wife spotted a “strange, old-fashioned lamp”. Dr. Egon Neustadt and…

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Three NYC Bookshops That Will Steal Your Heart

New York City has no shortage of vast bookstores where you can easily spend an hour peacefully browsing the endless shelves and genres, but what I’m looking for is a bookshop that makes my heart ache a little; one that makes me want to swap lives with the bookseller and live inside their world. So…

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Rocky Horror Picture Show in the Paris Catacombs

For our latest adventure on the Don’t be a Tourist in Paris web series, we go 30 feet beneath the city to discover the subculture  of iconic midnight movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show just in time for Halloween. Below ground, we’re in the subterranean cinema of Alexander J E Bradley a photographer, filmmaker and catacomb-dweller (aka. cataphile).…

A Brief Compendium of the Iconic American Motel

Among my favourite things are mid-century kitsch and tiny houses. Put the two together and you basically send me into overload. I’m aware that the faded glamour of American motels is much more appealing to a European road-tripper like me who hasn’t stayed in enough of them yet to have encountered bed bugs. But what I wouldn’t give to go back…

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

1. A Wild West Ghost Town for Sale Located 40 minutes from Palm Springs, 20 minutes from Joshua Tree National Park, and not far from Pioneertown– Stargazing Desert Retreat, is currently on the market for $1,495,000. Built by Hollywood moguls as a permanent Wild West set—the property includes a main house with over 3,000 square feet, four…

You’re invited to a Messy Nessy Manhattan Tea Party

Save the date! You’re invited to the MessyNessy Manhattan Tea Party fit for a Mad Hatter. Mark you calendar to meet us at a secret location on October 28th, 2018 in New York City. Yours truly (that’s me Nessy) will be your host for the afternoon gathering, a chance to bring together our unusual tribe in a beautiful…

5 Little-Known Chateaux to Visit Near Paris

‘Tis the season for chateaux hunting! Of course, you won’t find us fighting our way through the selfie sticks at Versailles, and I thought we should round up a few of our go-to castles for fall day tripping around Paris… 1. The Three Musketeers Hideaway A forty minute drive west of the Notre Dame cathedral…
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