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

1. Inside an old Cello Framed prints by Adrian Borda, taken inside a very old French cello from Napoleon III times. 2. Caca Dauphin, a fashion craze based on the poop color of Marie Antoinette’s son It was fashionable to spend thousands of dollars to dress in the particular shade of brown the young prince…

Picasso Drew all Over the Walls of this French Chateau For Sale

I grew up part-time near a town called Uzès in the South of France and on our way into town, we would always pass a mysterious property by the roadside. I remember my mother telling us it used to belong to a famous art collector, and she would even let us stop and sneak up to…

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

1. The Days When Thousands of Cables Crowded the Skies 2. Taxi Graveyard, somewhere in China Found here. 3. Try Picking this Lock Frank L. Koralewsky served as a traditional ironworker’s apprentice in his native north-German town of Stralsund. After obtaining journeyman status, he worked in various German shops before immigrating to Boston…

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…

How Does Your Atomic Garden Grow?

Have you ever seen a strangely misshapen tomato growing in your vegetable garden? A uniquely pigmented plant in your backyard that’s just not like others, able to thrive even in the harshest of seasons? There’s a very good chance that it could be an atomic heirloom from a forgotten atomic garden of the 1950s and 60s. While…

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…

Beverly Hills of the Dead: Luxury Tombs complete with Kitchens & Air Conditioning

A friend of mine just returned from travelling in the Philippines and told me I should look into a cemetery located in the capital of Manila where the dead have better houses than the living. He was right. Most of these “homes” have their own fully-functioning kitchens, bathrooms and even bedrooms where relatives can sleep alongside their buried relatives. In some cases,…

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…

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