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Human Doll Cloning is So Hot right now in Japan
On Friday, 17 May 2013
Here is a 3D printed doll, cloned from a real human’s head, that you can never unsee. She has a few friends that may or may not haunt you in your dreams later on… The cloning service is popular among some Japanese women looking to preserve that special moment in life such as their wedding day, [...]
That time the Paris Mosque helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs
On Friday, 17 May 2013
Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to light the remarkable true history of how Muslims gave sanctuary to French Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris during Second World War. An untold “Oscar Schindler” story, the film is inspired by actual events and in this case, our ‘Schindler’ is Si [...]
A Letter of Rejection to Andy Warhol c.1956
On Thursday, 16 May 2013
One of his artworks is counted amongst the top 10 most expensive paintings ever sold ($100 million for “Eight Elvises”), but in 1956, the director of collections at The Museum of Modern Art in New York rejected Warhol’s submission, a drawing, simply titled, “Shoe”, informing him that it could picked up from the museum at [...]
The Town that is Literally Living Under a Rock
On Thursday, 16 May 2013
People choose to live in some pretty baffling places, like those towns sitting at the base of volcanos or the precariously placed monasteries in the Himalayan mountains. Here’s one that looks like it might have been hit by a meteor and residents just decided to carry on as usual… Welcome to the town of Setenil [...]
Preserved Moments of Historical Sass (Vol.3)
On Wednesday, 15 May 2013
sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and stylish, showing no respect for people in authority, saucy, pert, confident, chic. A couple on the street on Michigan Avenue, Chicago photographed by Perry Riddle in July 1975– Found in the National Archives ‘Traffic-Stopper’ Miss Mary Bay likes her car because it is easy to park. Miss Bay [...]
Letters from Montmartre: Receive Beautiful Notes from a Parisian Stranger
On Tuesday, 14 May 2013
After I finish telling you about this, I’m going to write a letter to someone; with a pen, and a piece of paper, and an envelope. Because, when was the last time you received a beautiful letter? This is the question being asked by Lettres d’un Inconnu (Letters from a Stranger), a most charming new [...]
So Today I Learned Napoleon’s Penis is in New Jersey
On Tuesday, 14 May 2013
The garden state; where gas prices are cheaper and boardwalks are longer, and also where Napoleon Bonaparte’s penis is being held. Quick history recap: Napoleon was exiled to the British island of St. Helena after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. It was on this island that he was poisoned with arsenic by his own [...]
Why is F Scott Fitzgerald Buried in a strangely Unremarkable Place?
On Monday, 13 May 2013
His novel is at the top of the Amazon bestsellers list, nearly 90 years later after it was written. He’s widely considered one of America’s greatest novelists and his work has inspired writers ever since he was published. So then why is F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is more famously associated with places such as Paris, [...]
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. XXI)
On Monday, 13 May 2013
1. A photo of Robert Downey Jr. (a.k.a. Iron Man) that you can never unsee. Found on 9gag 2. A Chocolate Nike Air Max Dutch designer Joost Goudriann made these chocolate treats that came with a contract obliging the buyer to eat them. Found on Design Boom 3. Hot Wheels: 1950s Coffee Pot Trucks Found [...]
The Floating Paris Winery
On Friday, 10 May 2013
Between the 19th and 20th century, wine barrels would travel via canal boat from the regions of Burgundy all the way to Paris which were then traded at the riverside cellars of Bercy, destined to grace the tables of thirsty Parisians. Today, there is one little houseboat, known as ‘La Cave Vagabonde‘, still making the [...]
Searching for Doodle Man: Who Doodled on this Styrofoam Cup like a Legend?
On Friday, 10 May 2013
Somewhere out there is an undiscovered doodling prodigy! A Reddit user recently walked into their local car dealership in Oklahoma to get an oil change and found this cup sitting there covered in extraordinary etchings from a ball-point pen… The Reddit member (username SquishyMcphee!) asked the cashier where it had come from … [She] said that a [...]
The First Chanel Boutique: A Short Film by Karl Lagerfeld
On Friday, 10 May 2013
Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute short, making their lines up as they went along. The film celebrates 100 years for the French luxury brand, looking back at Coco’s first pret-a-porter shop in Deauville that was financed by her lover at the time, Arthur ‘Boy’ Capel. I’m not [...]
An Endless Summer in Outer Space
On Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Camping on Mars? Seaside fun with views of Saturn? French artist Djuno Tomsni imagines the perfect summer vacation in outer space with his hand-made collages from vintage holiday brochures and photo albums. The good news is these otherwordly prints are available on Society6– that means you can order them in an array of different formats from pillow throws, [...]
The Remains of a Paris ‘Kowloon’ Walled City
On Wednesday, 8 May 2013
You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical accident’, an urban enclave so densely populated by squatters that even the law lost its grip on the seven-acre plot crammed with 300 interconnected towers. It turns out we had one just like it right here in Paris. And unlike Kowloon, which was [...]
Anywhere but Here: Deserted Banking Empire turned Skyscraper Slum
On Tuesday, 7 May 2013
It was built for stockbrokers and bankers in their thousand dollar suits to make million dollar deals, but for nearly two decades it has held the less impressive title of the world’s tallest squat. Welcome to the Centro Financiero Confinanzas, more commonly known as the Torre David (the Tower of David) in Caracas, Venezuela, an unfinished skyscraper [...]
The Brown Sisters: Four Women over Four Decades
On Monday, 6 May 2013
This weekend, my boyfriend pulled out not one, not two but three grays he noticed glistening in the Spring evening light against my dark black hair. I’m still in my late twenties and so I spent the next twenty minutes feeling slightly betrayed, glass of rosé in hand, proclaiming that when I’m older, I’ve got [...]
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol.XX)
On Monday, 6 May 2013
1. A woman and her grandmother, both at age 20 Found on Reddit 2. Just Room Enough Island Touted as one of the smallest (if not THE smallest) islands in the world (the lone tree gives it island status). It was built by the Sizeland family in the 1950s as a weekend getaway. Just Room Enough is [...]
Let’s Snoop around F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Art Deco French Villa
On Friday, 3 May 2013
Alright, so you might have noticed I have a weakness for French real estate p0rn. [Sigh] I don’t know why I do this to myself. Anyhoo, check out my latest find, a 19th century restored villa up for sale on the French riviera, which writer F. Scott Fitzgerald himself allegedly acquired for a summer, where [...]
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On Friday, 31 May 2013
Drowning in unanswered emails, I’ve let it get out of control.
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On Wednesday, 15 May 2013
I’ve never tried oysters.
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