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Stop Everything, it’s a Teeny Tiny Bird Town

This is very much one of those, “shutup and take my money” moments. And I don’t actually have a garden to put one of these things in, but minor details. I found this series of birdhouse shopfronts and eclectic homes while perusing Pinterest and sort of just lost it (the Route 66 Diner had me at hello).…

The Forgotten Book Painter

Have you ever found yourself doodling on the cover of a book, even just tracing over the lines of the artwork with your fingertips, or be it drawing moustaches with a permanent marker on magazine covers? I think we can safely say that American artist Joseph Decamillis has taken this practice to a whole new level……

Shakespeare, Jazz and Summer Nights Under the Oldest Tree in Paris

Last weekend, four American tourists were attacked in Paris by a raving madman with an invisible dagger. As the long line of visitors swelled in the heat at the legendary bookstore Shakespeare & Company, no one seemed to notice a customer in the queue curiously dressed as an old-fashioned WWI soldier… He soon caught everyone’s…

The Romeo & Juliet Villages of Santa Barbara

Now this is my idea of a Romeo and Juliet scene– that is if they had fallen in love in a fantasy Andalusian village rather than Verona. We’re ogling at the mediterranean residence of Cota Street Studios, designed by local Santa Barbara architect, Jeff Shelton, whose work I’m just discovering and will hopefully explore more in…

Meet the most Legendary Pizza Delivery Guy

This guy. It’s not just that he is fifty-two years old, has a mountain man beard, and delivers pizza around Brooklyn on a fixie bike, getting the pies to the door while they’re still hot and fresh. It’s his stories; ones that rarely get an audience making fleeting door to door acquaintances; raw and honest stories waiting to be…

Just some 300 year-old Giant Books

No need for your reading glasses on this one, but perhaps some knowledge of 18th century Spanish might be useful. This is one of a collection of twelve giant books made in 1715 by a priest in New Spain (as in Spanish colonial Mexico), currently being preserved by the library of the National Autonomous University of…

My Portuguese Basket Bag

By now I think you know I’m not one of those websites hawking any old products and designer gear at you all the time. It takes something very unique; something that strikes a nostalgic chord within for Nessy to get into consumer mode and share a brand with you. In fact if I’m honest on this one, almost too good to…

Meet NYC’s Youngest Truffle Dealer

If you’re a self-diagnosed foodie and haven’t yet discovered Munchies, VICE network’s new gastronomic corner of the net, you’re missing out. One of their latest reports follows NYC’s youngest truffle dealer Ian Purkayastha, known for selling the good stuff– wink wink. No really though, it turns out that peddling truffles in New York City is almost as cut…

This GIF Art will Charm your Socks Off

What I like most about art in GIF format is that it’s an art form made just for us cyber wanderers of the internet. Those big fancy galleries can’t hang it on their walls and slap on a big fat price tag (at least for now); collectors can’t hide them away in their private estates for…

One City, Five Hours: An Illustrated Off-beat Guide to Layovers

Layovers are tricky. Successfully managing your time in an unfamiliar city with just enough (but never enough) hours to kill requires some careful and thoughtful research– especially for travellers who might prefer to balance offbeat discoveries with the obligatory tourist stops. Luckily, I’ve stumbled across artist Oliver Jeffers‘ “One city, Five Hours” project, which landed him a regular spot…

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