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I noticed the Christmas lights were suddenly hanging in the streets of Paris today, as if they had been installed on some covert mission to begin force-feeding us with merry Christmas joy. Of course once you’ve passed the age of twelve, Christmas for you only means being slightly drunker and getting a little fatter. But [...]
Over here in France, they might not celebrate Halloween as wholeheartedly as some other countries do, but they go one better and give the entire country the day off on November 1st for All Saints Day, a.k.a. Day of the Dead. So! To celebrate this joyous day off, here are some clever advertising logos for [...]
This video simply mesmerized me. There was a time when an art form known as coachbuilding existed. Back then, the coachbuilder did not have to answer to a CFO. Back then, the coach builder did not have to compromise his vision due to government regulations. Back then, the outrageous was possible. The Lamborghini Countach could [...]
It was once a serviceable, pay-by-the hour establishment. Hotel Amour, Paris haunt of the international fashion and rock ’n’ roll set, hiding in an undistinguished lane near the red-light district of Pigalle. Rooms are adorned with erotic novels, art and vintage magazines to pay tribute to its x-rated past. Entrepreneurs André and Emmanuel Delavenne, graffiti [...]
Okay so the secret is out. I’m a big dorky fan of Jurassic Park. And as I mentioned earlier, there’s a 4th installment of the movie set for release in 2014 so we all better start reacquainting ourselves in time for a major dino-comeback. I’m calling it: dinosaurs will be the zombies of 2014. Here’s [...]
When Mr. Escobar wasn’t bombing commercial airlines carrying over a hundred innocent passengers to eliminate one of his enemies on board, spending $2,500 a month worth of rubber bands to wrap up his billions in cash, offering to pay off Columbia’s national debt or engaging in gunfights with Columbian police squads, Pablo liked to kick [...]
I‘m the kind of person that would go to the cinema and watch two movies back-to-back (because I’m a rebel like that). I’m also the kind of person that can name any film ever made (this is a big lie but it demonstrates that I think I’m a film connoisseur, so let’s run with it). [...]
In 1908 Dr Julius Neubronner patented a miniature pigeon camera activated by a timing mechanism. The invention brought him international notability after he presented it at international expositions in Dresden, Frankfurt and Paris in 1909–1911. Spectators in Dresden could watch the arrival of the camera-equipped carrier pigeons, and the photos were immediately developed and turned [...]
Seen this guy somewhere before? Meet Adamson – Homer Simpson’s vintage doppelganger. This cartoon comic was published in an Icelandic paper called Fálkinn in July 1949. It is the creation of Swedish cartoonist, Oscar Jacobson who enjoyed relative success as an illustrator, even in America where Adamson was known as Silent Sam. Could it be that Matt Groening’s iconic cartoon [...]
This is a photo of an “elevator garage” taken in Chicago, 1936 by John Gutmann. It was part of a building that no longer exists on 33 W. Monroe Street and held up to 48 cars. It took 55 seconds for a car parked at the highest point of the garage to reach its owner [...]
Some cities have a litter problem, some suffer from high crime rates and others might have a lack
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sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and
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Sometimes I wonder about things like, who’s going to know how to make a piano in twenty
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The first post seems to have tickled your fancy, so over the past month I’ve been collecting
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I‘m just discovering I have a bit of a thing for vintage envelopes– I think it’s the
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No, this isn’t the rescue mission of a shipwrecked Porsche 911, this is a picture of a 911
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What a rare treat it would be to receive something like this today. It certainly makes emailing
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The weekend is fast approaching, we’re looking forward to letting our hair down, maybe go
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Just look at her. “You know you want me”, is what she’s saying. And it could be
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I came across the fantastic photograph below and knew there had to be more preserved sassy moments
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You might have noticed that sneakers are back in style this year and designers are scrambling to do
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Image via Jane Sanders Up in that impressive glass dome is where the projectionist would have
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Anna Karina arrived in Paris at the age of seventeen from Denmark. She spoke no French and
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Yesterday I was offered a pass to the Retro Car Expo in Paris. I’d wanted to go to a retro
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A few months back, I came across a website called Paris 1914, a collection of color photography
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