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The Moving Houses of San Francisco

It’s moving day for MessyNessyChic. Today we’re carrying furniture up the winding Parisian staircase, unpacking boxes and settling into the first official MNC hub in Paris– or as I have taken to calling it, “the MNC Parisheadquarters!” Now usually, this whole moving malarkey is supposed to be impossibly stressful, even potentially disastrous they say; but late last night as I…

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

1. A Rolling Stones Gig, 2 days after the death of their founding member On July 5, 1969, the Rolling Stones played to over 250,000 people in Hyde Park. The festival was an important one for the Stones. They had not performed a public concert since their 1967 European Tour, and in 1968 had only performed at…

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

1. Yarn Bombs Collector’s Weekly found the 35 grooviest yarn creations on eBay. 2. A Real-life ‘Jetsons’ Housekeeper Robot, invented in 1966 Tinker the remote-controlled robot was the work of inventor David Weston from Yorkshire. His metal friend could wash the car, take the baby for a stroll down the road, go…

Fashion 4 Dummies: Jon Snow’s Fur Collection, Emojis and 19th Century Fashion Blogging

You didn’t expect Paris fashion week to go by without MessyNessy getting in on the action, did ya? Nessy and her buddy @GirlMeetsWhirl went down to the Grand Palais for the Chloé show to get a better understanding of the street style and ‘fashionista’ culture that has become such an integral part of fashion week. So here it…

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

1. Comic Strip Artists Drawing Blindfolded, 1947 In 1947 Life Magazine asked some famous comic strip artists to to draw their famous characters while wearing a blindfold. Found on A Hole in the Head 2. A Miniature Leonardo Da Vinci Pop Up Book See more from this talented artist, Sara Alvarez. 3.…

Preserved Moments of Historical Sass (Vol. 8)

I haven’t done one of these for a while and I think it’s about time we got the series going again. Not much to it, just me having a bit of fun curating the sassiest old school pictures I can find on net or from my inbox of pictures you’ve kindly sent in of your sassy…

The Last Summer Night in Paris

I returned from a summer adventure away, expecting to slouch back into my same old rickety chair at my usual café terrace and wait for winter to find its way back to Paris, always too soon… But there it was at the end of the canal, luring us in like a lighthouse in the distance as we…

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

1. The Woman with Ten Brains “A German woman named Thea Alba was known as “The Woman With Ten Brains” because she could write all ten fingers simultaneously.” “Alba, who became famous in the 1920′s, also performed a trick in which we wrote with both hands, both feet, and her mouth at the same time.…

Life Never Gets Old on one of America’s Oldest Farms

On a traditional 70 acre farm in Marlboro, NY, the stone wall fences are a century old and the barns are more than 200 years old. Meet Howard Quimby, the 86 year-old farmer who keeps on farming and proving that life never gets old…

Cruising for Roadside Relics on Route 66

We were greeted at our first stop on Route 66 by the roar of a French biker gang rolling through the forgotten town… Roy’s Motel and Café first opened in Amboy, California in 1938 as a gas and service station along the legendary main street of America, U.S. Highway 66. In the 1940s, Roy Crowl expanded the business to include a café,…

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