You’ve been looking at the home of actress Tippi Hedren in California, photographed by LIFE magazine during the early 1970s. Best-known for her role in Hitchcock’s The Birds, Tippi is also the mother of actress Melanie Griffith (Working Girl), who is the little girl you just saw lying in bed with a lion, and also above with her head…
I read somewhere recently that according to some survey, September 16th is the most common birthday, and the month of September has 10 of the most common birthdays of the entire year. And since it’s also that time of year, during the post-summer “back to school” phase, where I can’t seem to stop procrastinating, I’ve found myself…
I‘m not much of a fashion blogger, I mostly leave that to the experts in their field. But every once in a while, I do come across a company that seems so perfectly harmonious with everything we believe in here at Messy Nessy Chic, and I just need to play fashion blogger for a moment. As you’re…
Dedicating a museum to yourself is typically a bold move, but not so much for the self-proclaimed “Greatest Living Spear Hunter in the World.” America’s first and only Spear Hunting Museum, located in Summerdale, Alabama, houses a unique collection of taxidermy and weaponry from the exploits of retired US Air Force Colonel Gene Morris. Gene…
1. Abandoned ‘Jail and Wedding’ Chapel A tiny, abandoned building has “Jail and Wedding Chapel” painted on its front in old-styling lettering as a modern-day roadside photo-op in North Carolina. Very Marfa, Texas. Found on Flickr/ Roadside America. 2. Yearbook “Class Favorites” from the 1970s More found on Flashbak. 3. That Time the…
You’ve probably clicked on this article because you either believe in ghosts or you want to. Any skeptics reading however, can enjoy this post for the simple reason that there’s a stunning 1880s Queen Anne home currently on the market for an astonishingly low asking price of $105,000. But I don’t suppose this absurdly good deal could…
When you imagine France and its scenic countryside, you might think of the picturesque villages, vineyards a plenty and endless rolling green hills to drive through on a blissful summer road trip. But there’s one corner of this scenic country that no one has been allowed to enter for nearly a century, known as the “Zone Rouge” (the red zone).…
See, you’re just like me– you see a picture of a vintage trailer and you click on it! And that pretty much sums up how I ended up on my latest internet treasure trove, Tin Can Tourists. A true appreciation society for vintage trailers, Tin Can Tourists was actually founded long before the internet came…
Oh I do love it when my shower thoughts finally get answered. Have you ever wondered why Hollywood favourites like Katharine Hepburn spoke as if they only just stepped off the ferry from England, despite being American, born & bred? (See Exhibit A). Well I’ve wondered about it, mostly while washing my hair. So, why do all those…
