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

1. Living Paintings By Thierry Mandon 2. Joan Didion’s belongings from her NY apartment are up for auction See the catalogue here. 3. The New Yorker’s List of Best Books of 2022 so far If this list doesn’t get you back into reading, I don’t know what will. 4. This Instagram account is “a Love…

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

1. A Parisian Apartment For Sale in the Iconic Art Nouveau Hector Guimard Building The 4th floor apartment is asking 840,000 euros, found on Architecture de Collection. 2. These Incredible Miniatures by Aida Pravia Found on Etsy. 3. Virtual Reality from the Year 1830 4. Cool Stuff they Used to Paint on Bass Drum Heads in…

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

1. A Secret Underground Staircase outside the Louvre Revealed Spotted by a tourist, this is a hidden tunnel network for emergency. Much of the museum and its stores are underground and they are all connected to a big tunnel that you need to follow to exit safely the facility in case of a fire. The…

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

1. Queen Maud the sportswoman When then Princess Maud of Wales married in 1896, her trousseau (I.E. her new wardrobe) was discussed in detail in the press. Some magazines was surprised by the amount of “sportswear” and the lack of grand robes, especially considering her mother Alexandra being one of the absolute fashion icons of…

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

1. Teenagers in the Early 19th Century, from a Girl’s Sketchbook In 1815-1818 teenager Christiane Charlotte «Lotte» Elster (1800-1893) depicted various scenes from everyday life. Details like attires, hairstyles, activities and even names has been faithfully added to the pages of her sketchbook, in drawings and watercolours. OK, so proportions might not be perfect, but…

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

1. These Incredible 1920s Illustrations for Carmen Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt, best known by his nickname Alastair, was a German artist, composer, dancer, mime, poet, singer and translator. “Carmen is a short story by Prosper Mérimée written in 1845 and published in 1847, from which was taken the opera of the same…

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

1. Airbnb Recreated the “Hocus Pocus” cottage for Halloween Two guests can book an exclusive stay on 20 October for just $31* per night. That also gets them a tour of Salem’s ‘most haunted’ historic properties, a special screening of the movie and ‘try their hand at enchantments’. Apply on Airbnb. 2. And you thought your Insomnia…

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

1. This Incredible Pumpkin Caramel Pie to kick off fall Recipe found on the Kitchen McCabe. 2. Painting of the Day Eclips of the Sun in Venice in July 8, 1842 by Ippolito Caffi. Zoom in on Wikimedia. 3. One of the churches at Geghard Monastery in Goght, Armenia (4th Century) Found on Legendary Scholar.…

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…