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Category / Nostalgia

MessyNessy’s “Don’t Be a Tourist in Paris” Playlist

Of course your new book “Don’t be a Tourist in Paris” needs its own soundtrack! No cliché French songs (okay maybe one or two of my favourites), but I promise you could show this to any self-respecting Parisian and they’d rate it a “un très bon” playlist. And you’d be surprised how nostalgic the French are about…

A Paris Movie with Messy Nessy

Et voilà. Oh boy. This is happening. Messy Nessy is officially making the leap into the realm of video. It’s been months in the making and it’s with slightly sweaty palms that I present to you the very first episode of our new web series, “Don’t be a Tourist in Paris”. Come hang out with me…

A 1970s Hippie Commune turned AirBnB Escape

Hippie house-hunting is one of my favourite past-times on the internet; searching for a piece of that free-spirited way of life that us city folk long for. Today I discovered a historic art studio in California’s wine country that’s reinvented itself as a cozy AirBnb escape for those seeking a nostalgic bohemian paradise. Aren’t we all?! The…

You can now Rent Julia Child’s Provencale Kitchen as she Left It, via Airbnb

A copy of Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”, dog-eared, heavily scribbled in with my mother’s notes and covered with her gravy stains, will one day be passed on to me as a family heirloom. I didn’t know it then, but my childhood in Provence probably wouldn’t have tasted the same if it wasn’t for Julia…

10 Awesome Airbnb Trailers for your next Weekend Getaway

Before you start wondering whether Airbnb has sponsored me to write this post, they haven’t. This is just me, lost in Airbnb and their endless roster of dream homes to stay in. Summer might be behind us but I’m starting to think just one last getaway before the weather turns sour could be good for…

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

1. Ukranian Railroad Ladies Like something out of a Wes Anderson movie. Ukrainian Railroad Ladies is a series of portraits of women who work as traffic controllers and safety officers at railroad crossings in Ukraine. The women spend their long shifts in the little houses built specifically for them along the tracks … They are a…

A Virtual Dinner Date at the Parisian Restaurant That Inspired “Ratatouille”

Opening a restaurant is like playing service industry roulette. Yet, somehow, Paris’ La Tour d’Argent — quite literally, “The Silver Tower” — says it’s survived 436 years of history on the Left Bank, with a backside view of Notre Dame, as the unmatched king of posh Parisian cuisine. Whether it’s really that old is almost irrelevant; it’s become a…

The ’80s are Still Alive & Well at this Totally Ace Airbnb

Jauntily hung Friends posters, VHS movies, gel pens, furniture that looks like it’s been taken straight off the set of Saved by the Bell, and nonsensical – but absolutely necessary – squiggly lines on every surface. We love the 80s and 90s more than Cher Horowitz loved her Alaia handbag, so naturally, we lost it…

Stop Everything, it’s a Historic Bookshop For Sale with Everything Inside it

Every once in a while, the Internet gods deliver us a property listing that hits every MessyNessy sweet spot. Quaint antique architecture? Check. Unexpected links to remarkable figures and inventions throughout history? Double check. Make it a library, and you’ve dreamt up our perfect spot, aka Clough’s Bookshop in Cherry Valley, New York. The 178-year-old…

Camping in a 1920s Tram Lost in the Forest

I stumbled on a photo of this weathered and whimsical train car on Pinterest and went digging frantically for the location, to see if it really existed. And my efforts were not in vain, for soon enough, I found that not only does this place exist, but you can actually stay here and make yourself at home. Welcome…

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