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Discovering the Patroness of Paris Hiding in a Little-Known Church

For centuries, the Parisian church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont has silently peered over shoulder of the famous Pantheon temple in the Latin Quarter, keeping its secrets to itself. It is one of those spaces– and there are many in Paris – that often ends-up as a footnote in the guidebooks, playing second fiddle to the “must-sees.” If you walk…

The Ghost Shops of the Champs Elysées

It’s supposed to be “La Plus Belle Avenue du Monde” (the most beautiful avenue in the world), at least that’s what they keep telling the tourists. The Champs-Élysées has earned its reputation as one of the world’s most famous streets, a highly established Parisian centre of commerce, as well as a source of national pride. But…
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Unlocking the Secrets of Vinegar Hill, New York

How can you escape from the New York City grind on an MTA card budget? Make a break for Brooklyn’s Vinegar Hill, the sleepy neighbourhood that’s managed to safeguard its 400-year-old, cobblestone streets from the clutches of big development. It’s on small but hallowed ground, bound together by a tight-knit community whose homes look like…

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A Feast with the Gypsies of 1960s Paris

One of the most common misconceptions about Roma Gypsies today is that they come from Romania in Eastern Europe, but the Roma people and the nation of Romania are not at all related. Historically, the Roma people originate from the Punjab region of Northern India. When they were displaced from their homeland a thousand years…

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Meet the Neighbourhood Slot Car King & Queen of Brooklyn

They’re kind of Brooklyn’s Romeo and Juliet. He was made of slot car stock, and she was, well, not. At least, that’s what she’ll tell you — but it’s clear that Dolores, who’s one-half of the legendary couple behind Buzz-a-Rama, is a slot car queen. “Oh this whole thing?” she jokes, a boot propped up…

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Lunch at the Forgotten Rothschild Party Palace

I stood looking up at the gates, hands on my hips, wondering what forgotten chateau I’d stumbled upon this time. We’d taken a detour to avoid the traffic back into Paris and suddenly pulled over into the ditch by the side of the road at my absolute insistence. What I didn’t know then, peeping through…

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The Clandestine VIP Dinner in Paris

I once heard this is where French Presidents take their mistresses. Discretely tucked away in a backstreet of South Pigalle, it doesn’t look like much from the outside, but I think that’s the idea. The windows are veiled with curtains hung just high enough so as not to give anything away about what or who is inside… Well,…

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The Paris Motorcycle Cave, Secret of the Seine

On the banks of the Seine in the heart of Paris, with a front row seat to some of the city’s most beautiful landmarks and neoclassical architecture, there’s an unexpected little badass secret hiding in plain sight. Take a stroll alongside the charming houseboats next to the Pont de la Concorde, admire the view of the Eiffel Tower…

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The Parisian Inventors

One of my all-time favourite photographs of “vieux Paris” is this curious snap of a gentlemen emerging from the metro in 1935 wearing a set of mechanical wings. I decided to do a little digging behind the photograph and found that our winged-gentleman was on his way to the Lépine contest, an inventor’s competition founded…

A Tale of Two Cities & Beyond with MessyNessyChic in 2018

In 2018, MessyNessyChic became a tale of two cities. We’ll always have Paris, but now we have New York too. In preparation  for Don’t Be a Tourist in New York, book number 2 (touching down in 2019), this year our rabbit hole led us across the pond in search of a sleepless city’s secrets. Armed with a…
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