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

1. A Live-In Museum/ Gallery Space in Provence for Sale Situated in the heart of beautiful Bonnieux Village in the Luberon region, asking 420,000 euros. More details found on Espaces Atypiques. 2. England’s oldest inn, Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem (dating to 1189) Nottingham, England was once described as a “Place of Caves” and indeed,…

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

1. A historic spiritual sanctuary of miniature shrines on Kauai Originally the site of an ancient heiau, or Hawaiian temple, the 32-acre valley on Kauai’s southern shore later became host to iconography of another religion: 88 Buddhist shrines. Measuring no larger than a dollhouse, the series of sacred monuments were built by Japanese émigrés in 1904;…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Volume IV.)

1. French actor, Gerard Depardieu used to look very, very different. Here he is with Robert DeNiro in the 70s: 2. This 17th century Desk with Secret Compartments is mind-boggling: The Metropolitan Museum of Art is in its last few weeks of the ‘Extravagant Inventions’ exhibition. Don’t miss it if you’re in NYC! Showing until…

13 Things I Found on the internet Today (Vol. III)

If you can’t accept the holidays are over, say I! Today was spent mostly getting lost on the internet and here is the result… 1. What Marilyn Monroe could have looked like as a brunette. Pretty smokin! Do blondes really have more fun?! Maybe she should have stuck with her natural color. via here 2.…

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

1. Elevator Girls, by Miwa Yanagi, 1994–8 For Japanese artist Miwa Yanagi, “elevator girls” (the hostesses employed to greet shoppers in department stores) have proved a potent means of exploring the role of women in Japanese society. Her first solo show featured various uniformed models standing beside fake elevators, performing ritualised actions. Yanagi expanded upon…

Internet killed the Video Store: An Abandoned Industry

Blockbuster in New Orleans, Louisiana (Image via Alex Gaidouk) I remember my trips to the local Blockbuster store on Saturday nights as a kid, trying to convince my babysitter that Mum had given me her express permission to see films PG-13 like The Bodyguard and Pretty Woman. It’s been hard not to notice the disappearance…

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

1. The Last Glimpses of California’s Vanishing Hippie Utopias Half a century ago, a legion of idealists dropped out of society and went back to the land, creating a patchwork of utopian communes across Northern California. Here, the last of those rogue souls offer a glimpse of their otherworldly residences—and the tail end of a…

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

1. This little House with a Courtyard for Sale in Paris Asking 411K Euros. Found on Espaces Atypiques. 2. London Streets In The 1980s Found on London Inheritance. 3. Regency London’s Forgotten Museums of Piccadilly Ashton Lever, an English collector, was born Mar. 5, 1729. In 1760, Lever bought a large collection of shells and…

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

1. London’s Prop Houses, photographed by Jasper Fry Joseph Fry’s exhibition is on show from Friday 27 August until Sunday 5 September (10 am-4 pm daily) at Act One Cinema, Acton High Street, London W3 6NA. Good to know: We’ll be covering some of London’s most atmospheric prop houses in the upcoming Don’t be a Tourist…

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

Hi there! If you’re not subscribed to our newsletter, you might have been wondering why we skipped a week of 13 Things recently. You’ll notice the website might be a little quieter than usual over the next few weeks as I dedicate the month of August to making a real crack at finishing our next…