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The Notting Hill Pub with a Spicy Secret

If you’re looking for a traditional English pub with a twist, I think I have something for you. I grew up around the corner from this place, admiring the flowers passing by everyday, but I was always faithful to another local pub during my Londoner years and I never even went inside to discover its secret– until this weekend that…

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

1. This Treetop Walkway Kirstenbosch Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway just outside of Cape Town in South Africa. Google Streetview has also been here. 2. The Forgotten Pyramids of Meroë In a desert in eastern Sudan, along the banks of the Nile River, lies a collection of nearly 200 ancient pyramids built between 2,700 and 2,300…

Stop Everything and Check out the new Wes Anderson Bar

If you’ve ever dreamt of being on a Wes Anderson film set (like, all day long), I’m bursting to inform you that now is your chance. Sip coffee amongst his signature pastels (personally chosen by Wes), listen to the jukebox wailing out tunes that would appear on his soundtracks and play the part of a Royal…

For Sale: The Red Velvet Apartment in Paris

Isn’t it just fabulous?! A little strange, but kinda fabulous. I’m picturing Jessica Rabbit smoking her cigarette pipe out of the window here on a misty evening in Paris, the opening scene for her own sexy French spin-off story. It’s like we’ve stepped inside the church of red velvet, on the top floor of a luxurious 18th century…

The Floating Straw Islands of Uros: An Ancient Tribe Surviving in a Tourist Hub

Once again, today the internet has taken me to a place no geography or history ever did. Floating out into the middle of the Lake Titicaca between Peru and Bolivia, figures are seemingly drifting amongst the reeds and mythical creatures guarding what look like islands made of straw on the water… (c) Suzanne Preston (c) KeelyNYC On my internet wanderings,…

The Ghost Army of WWII that Duped Hitler

This is not a photograph of a strong man contest. That tank weighs about as much as an inflatable dingy. But what were World War II U.S soldiers doing clowning around with a blow-up tank? Actually, there was nothing funny about it; these were the brave men of a unique secret mission to intimidate and deceive…

Paris Then & Now: A City on the Edge of Freedom

Being able to walk around Paris with window vision into the past is probably up there with my top three wishes. A Parisian photographer and art director, Julien Knez, made it a reality with his remarkable before & after overlays. Tracking down the exact location of vintage photographs taken in the 1940s, Knez gives us a glimpse into Paris on…

Remembering Hindenburg at the Zep Diner, Los Angeles

Seventy six years ago on this day, May 6th, marks the anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster and the end of an era for the giant airship. But rather than re-visiting those tragic photographs, I thought I’d share something a little less sombre that I happened to stumble upon while looking through some old photographs of Los Angeles today … …

Living the Bohemian Student Dream in 1960s Paris

I love to find a good Paris photo story that I haven’t seen before, and this one that I found buried in the LIFE archives is a quite the treat. Veteran photographer for the magazine Loomis Dean followed a group of young students in 1961, getting an intimate peek into their lives as they pursued the…

So now you can Travel with your own Personal Photographer

Okay, I know, it might sound a little vain and pretentious at first, like something a fashion blogger might do. But hear me out… Who else has the problem when travelling as a couple, of only ending up with a few blurry selfies together after the trip of a lifetime? Or even worse, travelling with someone who can’t just live in the…

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