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

1. NYC Cab Driver Spends 30 Years Photographing His Passengers In 1980, aspiring photographer Ryan Weideman landed in New York City from California, looking to make a name for himself. But he soon found himself focused on more practical matters, like paying the rent…. Full story found on My Modern Met. 2. Microcar du…

13 Movies for a Nostalgic European Summer

I grew up spending summers in a little country village in the south of France where nothing ever really happened. To romanticise those hot, sleepy days, I spent many hours devouring movies in the evening; seductive dramas and romantic comedies that played out in the Mediterranean; watching them again and again until the VHS tapes…

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Things the Soviets Made

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Ye Oldest Public Library in the English Speaking World

What is there to see in Manchester? Surely there must me more to the industrial city in northwest England than football? Alas, Manchester gave the world a surprising amount of excellent things. The first atom splitting was achieved at Manchester University in 1919 and the man credited as the father of modern day computer science, was a Mancunian…

Before He Was Ziggy

David Jones (aka Dave Jay, aka David Bowie), was 16 years-old when he stepped in as saxophonist and lead singer for The Kon-rads at a gig in a south London pub. The year was 1963 and the band’s intended frontman, Roger Ferris, had just sliced his foot on broken glass and been rushed to hospital. David…

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

1. What they found when they dredged canals in Amsterdam The incredible archaeological finds have all been washed, categorised and photographed, and are on display online on the Below The Surface website. They were discovered while work on the city’s North/South metro line between 2003 and 2012… Along the banks of the Amstel, at its…

Don’t be a Tourist in Paris: Now available as an eBook!

Okay, you asked for it. With a wave of my baguette magique– why yes, that is indeed how you say “magic wand” in French– Don’t Be a Tourist in Paris THE eBOOK is here! On the one year anniversary since the release of the first print edition, I finally took the leap from the bookshelf to your…

Conical Paris Rooftops & other Unusual Parisian Abodes For Sale

It’s Bastille Day in France this weekend, so I thought, what better a time for you to be daydreaming about moving to Paris. I haven’t done this for a while– that is, browse real estate listings for apartments I can’t afford, but I’d forgotten how much fun it is to play Goldilocks in Paris. So…

Little do they know, that Rundown Motel is the Coolest Place in Town

One of these days, I’d like to open a “Messy Motel”; buy a mid-century modern fixer-upper and revive it to all its shabby chic glory. Kate Berry is right there with me– in fact, she’s two steps ahead of me. The Australian photographer and self-confessed “stupid adventurer/ compulsive ideas lady” who founded a successful indie magazine, Lunch Lady…

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

1. This Provençale Chateau for rent Chateau Grimaldi, found via Instagram/Sassy Fanny. 2. A Dream Cabinet of Curiosities, Lost in Time The Leverian collection was a natural history and ethnographic collection assembled by Ashton Lever. It was noted in particular for the content it acquired from the voyages of Captain James Cook. For three decades it was on…