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

1. #TheQueuefortheQueen 2. The British royal family owns a not-so-nerdy stamp collection worth £100 million (The Royal Philatelic Collection also doubles as the family photo album). Queen Victoria’s son Prince Alfred started it all off with a pane of 6d stamps acquired in 1856, although the world’s first stamp had been issued several years earlier, on May…

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

1. This Fabulous Account of Colorised Historical Images All found on History Colored. 2. An Iridescent Pileus Cloud over China NASA’s astronomy photo of the day, found via Present & Correct. 3. This Incredible Private Canadian Island Home For Sale Table Rock Islands , Georgian Bay, Ontario listed for $2,650,000, found via this list of island…

Jane Austen’s London Instagram Account

If Jane Austen was a time-travelling instagrammer, I think I’ve found her instagram account. While the English novelist wasn’t exactly a big-city girl, and her characters mostly lived sheltered lives out in the country, London does occasionally make a special cameo in her novels, which are set entirely during the reign of George III. Austen often visited…

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

1. Zorita, the 1940s “Half and Half” Snake-wielding Burlesque Dancer She was an American burlesque dancer. She was best known for a twenty-minute dance which she performed with two boa constrictors called ‘Elmer and Oscar’ Some of her other unique and subversive numbers: In another act, she emerges from a giant spiderweb dripping in rhinestones. Dark ‘spider’s hands’ slowly peel…

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

1. Miradors It all started with a vision. A man was standing on the top of the tree shaped like an UFO, in Mexico city. Three years later, during his residence, photographer Erwan Frichou decided to turn this memory into an art project called “Miradors”. Erwan worked with gardeners to create interesting shapes and invited…

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

1. A Treehouse in Tuscia La Piantata, a B&B, found here. 2. Gucci arrives in Detroit Gucci has opened a permanent 3,500 sq ft store in a Renaissance Revival landmark in the downtown. The Italian heritage brand has been eying Detroit since 2019 when it launched its Gucci North America Changemaker’s programme to spotlight talent in the city.…

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

1. Reviving 17 Original Orient Express Carriages, Forgotten in Poland Now destined for a comeback on the storied Paris-Istanbul route, the 17 carriages discovered in Poland (12 sleeping cars, a restaurant car, three lounge cars, and a van) are being restored in France and will hit the railways in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics.…

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

“Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Today’s 13 Things is dedicated to women. 1. Tradeswomen, magazine for blue collar workingwomen in the ‘80s & ’90s it became an integral tool for organizing in a landscape of sexist gatekeeping. See the full article…

Here’s the American Dream looking pretty Hungover by the 1970s

I would have liked to see America during its in-between period– somewhere in the seventies when the whole “Stepford Wives” thing and censorship and social compliance was over with (more or less), but they hadn’t yet starting tearing down all those wonderful and whimsical buildings. Sure, they might have been looking a little sorry for…

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

1. This Abandoned French Chateau, on sale for €150,000 How it was: The castle dates back to the 15th century, located in the Loire-et-Cher region of France, 2.5 hours southwest of Paris. The castle was last the property of art dealer and collector Sylvain Durand (1928-2018) who made his fortune with the paintings of Fernand Léger. The castle’s…

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