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

1. Just a Double Decker bus re-purposed as a backyard Pool House This is the New Orleans home of artist Miranda Lake. The bus is a vintage Routemaster which she bought from a friend and describes as “one big shiny, giant happy pill you can actually get inside of.” And if you liked this, you gotta see the…

The Last Motorcycle Graveyard

This story is both a motorcycle lover’s dream and nightmare. It comes from the depths of the internet, passed around on specialist forums and chat rooms, a tale of an amazing discovery and woeful loss. Our first source is motorcycle enthusiast David Cuff of the website Classic Cycles, who several years ago, came across someone’s flickr account…

Groovy Wimbledon circa 1971

As the most famous tennis tournament in the world kicks off for another year, I thought we’d take a look at this photo series I’ve been saving in my vault just for the occasion. It was the 85th staging of the Wimbledon Championship and LIFE Magazine sent their best photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt to cover the sporting festivities…

The Paris Shop of a Million Lost Photographs

On the outer corners of the red light district in Paris’ Pigalle, an unassuming old shop space caught my attention. The roller shutter was almost fully closed, but I could see in the window there were stack upon stacks of photographs, old ones, collectively piled on the floor. I then signalled to the young man…

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

1. Keith Richards riding a Horse Keith and Patti Hanson, photographed by Ken Regan, print available from the Morrison Gallery. 2. William Vanderbilt’s Abandoned Salt Water Pool On the North Shore of Long Island lies the stately home of William Kissam Vanderbilt II, known as the Eagles Nest, built between 1910 and 1936: Today, it…

The 1950s Flying Saucer Conventions at an Underground Rock House

Have you ever heard the one about the guy who literally lived under a rock in the Californian desert, where legendary flying saucer conventions were held in the 1950s? It’s one of those weird stories that a friend told me at a dinner party, which I of course Googled as soon as I could leave the…

For Sale: Who wants to Buy an Endangered 1920s LA Movie Theatre?

You can’t buy tickets to see a movie here, but you could buy the box office– along with the entire theatre. The Rialto theatre first opened its doors nearly 90 years ago for vaudeville and movies in the city of South Pasadena on Fair Oaks Avenue. Admission fee was 30 cents. A relic of the Jazz Age and…

Meet the Vinyl Collectors

Some of the most interesting people I know also happen to be vinyl collectors. Maybe it’s because they spend so much time in record shops digging through the past, but they always have such great stories to tell. And when I’m invited over, I secretly enjoy observing them handle their collection; so carefully, so contently,…

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

1. Triplets get a Haircut, 1956 The Dees triplets, Megan, Christina and Katha, photographed in 1956 by Nina Leen for LIFE magazine. And here they are all grown up, modelling in the 1960s… 2. A Multi-Story VW Bus This multi-storey VW minibus comes from Berger Stadel Walsh of Basel, found on Boing Boing 3. Battery, Baghdad,…

My Bohemian Berlin Brasserie

The owner of Katz Orange (orange cat in German), was inspired by a trip he took to Peru where he met a spiritual priest who owned an orange cat. Upon entering the beautiful brasserie, you can imagine him sitting in this shaman’s mountain hut with an orange cat, surrounded by indigenous artifacts and kilim tapestries passed down from…

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