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The Grandmothers Graffiti Gang

So you think your grandparents aren’t “street” enough? Too set in their ways to get down with the kids? Meet the granny graffiti gang of Lisbon, Portugal, pioneered by an unusual initiative giving graffiti workshops to senior citizens. LATA 65 (lata means “can” in Portuguese) is an urban art workshop that teaches the basics of street…

Dolce Vita Villas For Sale on the Forgotten Italian Riviera

Sprawling over several small bays with clear blue waters peppered with fishing boats, is a dormant paradise of the dolce vita years. A forgotten “St. Tropez”, where movie stars, artists and writers once flocked to the scenic beaches of Tuscany during summer. Whereas most of us think of Tuscany for its rolling hills, scenic countryside and…

Meet the New England Inkeeper Moving to Paris and Giving Away Her Charming Inn

Today I opened my inbox to find an email with the subject title, “From a great inn in Maine“. Sarah introduced herself with a picture. “This is me:” she wrote and posted a photograph underneath. Isn’t she cute? “I’m an innkeeper on the coast of Maine but I’m ready to leave this life and follow my girlfriend (she…

Dancing in the Attic of the Paris Opera House

Classical ballet as we know it today was born within the Paris Opera. In 1930, LIFE magazine staff photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt, was given access to the sacred world of the prima ballerina at the Grand Opera de Paris. He sat in on a rehearsal for Swan Lake, photographing the dancers doing their barre exercises, perfecting choreography, as…

Meet the Family with the Secret Recipe for making London’s Iconic Blue Plaques

Jimi Hendrix has one. Virginia Woolf has one. So does Karl Marx. Since 1984 all the plaques have been hand made by just one family– and they’re pretty adorable… Via Huck Magazine.

3 Ways to Spot Fake Wine: Meet the Sherlock Holmes of Wine Crime

I won’t pretend I know much of anything about buying expensive wine, but I do know that I love playing detective. Armed with blue lights and razor blades in her toolkit, Maureen Downey has become a top wine fraud investigator, helping to rid the wine industry of counterfeit and stolen wine. Yes, wine crime is actually a…

Here’s a bunch of Adele photos by the Guy who Broke her Heart (and made her #1)

Adele’s album, 21, is the kind of album that probably would have saved my life if I was going through an awful breakup at the time of its release. Thankfully I wasn’t, because I no longer think crappy relationships are fun, but even listening to her tear-jerker album from a happy place, I still think…

Meet Brad Pitt’s Tattooist and Lana Del Rey’s Muse

His scratchy voice “waxing lyrical about regret and absolution”, the dark elegance of LA nostalgia; this is a hypnotising short film by Ivan Olita on Mark Mahoney, owner of the legendary tattoo shop, Shamrock Social Club. You might recognise him as the co-star in a couple of Lana Del Rey’s music videos, but Mark has been a bit of…

The Ethiopian Fashion Tribe that turns Nature into Haute Couture

Remember when you tried to get creative and bejewel your jean shorts or decorate your new tennis shoes with a Sharpie pen? Well this is not that. In the Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia, the Surma and Mursi people don’t have glue guns, sewing machines, sequins or Sharpies to accessorise with. Inspired by the tools and textiles…

The Hush Hush Celebrity Cult Restaurant of Paris

The facade of 12 Rue de Richelieu, a nondescript Chinese restaurant ironically called Davé, looks like its seen better days. One could easily mistake it for a questionable massage parlour hiding behind clandestine red velvet curtains; but you would never guess that it’s one of the most legendary celebrity haunts in Paris, counting such icons as the late Yves Saint…

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