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Preserved Moments of Historical Sass (Vol. 5)

sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and stylish, showing no respect for people in authority, saucy, pert, confident, chic. “Maggie in snorkeling gear”, October 1958, Montego bay, Jamaica. From the third of three small “ektachrome transparencies” boxes, this set (labeled “personal fair great / our wedding” Photograph by Nick Dewolf     “Advance Denied” Failing…

The Green Hippie Beach Bus

Travel notes from Greece I found something neat-o today and thought I’d show you… Hidden in the trees behind an empty beach was this big old abandoned Mercedes bus. It looks like it was a bit of a hippie camping spot back in the day. Inside there’s not much to write home about, it was…

Someone Illustrated Kerouac’s On the Road, Page by Page

When I found these illustrations by Californian artist Paul Rogers, it made me want to read Jack Kerouac’s On the Road all over again, accompanied by these fabulous little pictures of course. Rogers is not a stranger to the great writers of the 20th century, he’s also done ten covers for Random House UK of Hemingway…

Please, Come into my Magical Manhattan Home

So there’s this guy that lives in a storefront in East Village on 7th. With the door always ajar and Frank Sinatra playing on a record player from inside, the place appears to be a vintage shop selling all sorts of oddities and collectables. But Anthony Pisano doesn’t sell anything. He just likes to meet…

The Miniature Roadside Chapels of Greece

Traveling the roads of Greece these past few days, it hasn’t taken long for the dollhouse-sized roadside chapels to become a bit of an obsession for me– which means stopping the car at every single one to snap a photo, of course. Some are elaborate little things made of terracotta or even marble, plonked in…

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

1. Rarely seen Celebrity portraits by influential photographer Bob Carlos Clarke “The renowned photographer won numerous awards for his advertising campaigns and was acclaimed for his photo journalism as well his sometimes controversial portraits of celebrities and rock stars. Terence Pepper, curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, called him ‘one of the great photographic…
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The Secret City on the Peloponnese Rock

It just looks like a big old dry rock, doesn’t it? No visible signs of humanity on its barren landscape. Impressive, but not much to it. We should probably just keep going…. Drive along the coast of the mainland, through the small port village of “new” Monemvasia, and yep– it still looks like a giant…

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A Greek Poet’s Abandoned Summer Refuge

Deep in the Peloponnese hills of Monemvansia, past a little turquoise olive grove, I found a forgotten place. As the sun sets over the hills, following the sound of trickling water, I come upon a hidden Spring below the road in the shade of the trees. It lies at the entrance to the remains of…

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Vintage Muse du Jour: Uschi Obermaier

Uschi Obermaier is one of the lesser-known ‘babes of our lives’ from the sixties and seventies. When I first came across this photograph above of the stylish Bavarian beauty, I immediately began scouring Pinterest and Tumblr to find more. Setting the benchmark for sexy hippie style, let’s just  have an ogle at Uschi… A still…

The Last Beatles Photo Shoot

You could have cut the tension with a knife (0r with George Harrison’s giant hat) … They had just finished recording the last album they would ever make together, and relations between the four band members of the Beatles were at an all-time low. George Harrison had walked out for five days during the recording…
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