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Instagram: You’re Doing it Wrong

Maybe a year ago, I opened a MessyNessyChic instagram account and never shared a single photo

In : Featured and life is messy. Tags: instagram and social network.

The CEO of Amazon digs up old Apollo Moon Rockets from the Sea in his Spare Time

What would you do if you had founded the largest online retailer in the world? Well, you would go

In : Boys click here. Tags: Amazon, apollo, discovery, NASA, ocean, science, space, and underwater.

Tonight, I’m taking you out to Dinner in Paris

It’s a special occasion; a first date, a wedding anniversary, a birthday, that all-important

In : Paris. Tags: dinner in paris, guide, Paris, recommendations, restaurants, and special occasion.

HistoryPin: An Online Time Machine

As if Google Street View wasn’t already cool enough, allowing you to virtually be in two

In : Nostalgia. Tags: application, Google, history, HistoryPin, maps, street view, tech, time travel, and website.

Ashton Kutcher’s Subculture Club

I do love a good subculture story and after my third accidental encounter with a stylish  Youtube

In : life is messy. Tags: Google, subculture, tech, Television, videos, and Youtube.

Dinner in Rome? How to Spontaneously Travel on a Tiny Budget

Late night shopping in Milan, a stroll down a Croatian beach or a romantic dinner in Venice? Those

In : don't be a tourist. Tags: cheap, destination, flights, travel, and website.

The Kitschiest Hotel in the World

Imagine a place where caveman bedding, lime green carpeting and hotel rooms named after cultural

In : don't be a tourist. Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1960s decor, hotel, kitsch, motel, and tacky.

8 Ways to Lose the Paris Blues

                                                                 

In : Paris. Tags: atelier, bored, Paris, places to go, private, restaurants, rut, and secret.

15 Places McDonald’s should have Left Alone

I‘ll admit, I enjoy the occasional Big Mac just as much as the next mass-consumerist, but you

In : don't be a tourist. Tags: bizarre, buildings, burgers, fast food, historic, locations, McDonalds, McDonalds's, and restaurants.

China’s Bizarre Marriage Market

Blind dates are bad enough but when your own parents take to the streets and advertise your eternal

In : life is messy. Tags: bizarre, China, culture, dating, marriage, and matchmaking.

The Lost Treehouse Tribes of the Rainforest

Until 1970, they were unaware of the existence of any people on Earth besides themselves. Hard to

In : don't be a tourist. Tags: Amazon, architecture, forest, indigenous, jungle, primitive, treehouse, trees, tribe, and wild.

Forget Santa’s Workshop! Inside an Amazon Warehouse

Last year, Amazon shifted 17 million products within 24 hours. Can Santa even compete with those

In : Boys click here and life is messy. Tags: Amazon, behind the scenes, online shopping, storage, warehouse, and website.

The Future of Drone Technology looks kinda Terrifying

Hey, so this weekend while we were out Christmas shopping and getting wasted, the unmanned aerial

In : Boys click here. Tags: airplanes, Drone, future, Geek, intelligence, technology, and war.

Internet Adventures: Hire a fake Girlfriend for $5

Sometimes you really think you know the internet. You learn how to research the furthest corners of

In : life is messy. Tags: dating, dating site, internet, relationships, and weird.

Get Married by a Vending Machine

For many couples, the difference between being officially bound together and just sharing the same

In : life is messy. Tags: bizarre, kitschy, marriage, pink, prototype, retro, tacky, and wedding.

Human Doll Cloning is So Hot right now in Japan

Here is a 3D printed doll, cloned from a real human’s head, that you can never unsee. She has

In : life is messy. Tags: 3d printing, clone, future, Japan, replica, and technology.

That time the Paris Mosque helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs

Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to

In : Paris and shock me. Tags: history, Holocaust, mosque, muslim, Nazi, Paris, and word war II.

A Letter of Rejection to Andy Warhol c.1956

One of his artworks is counted amongst the top 10 most expensive paintings ever sold ($100 million

In : life is messy and Nostalgia. Tags: Andy Warhol, letter, and rejection.

The Town that is Literally Living Under a Rock

People choose to live in some pretty baffling places, like those towns sitting at the base of

In : don't be a tourist. Tags: cave, rock, Spain, town, and travel.

Preserved Moments of Historical Sass (Vol.3)

sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and

In : Featured and Nostalgia. Tags: girls, photography, Sassy, style, and Vintage.

Letters from Montmartre: Receive Beautiful Notes from a Parisian Stranger

After I finish telling you about this, I’m going to write a letter to someone; with a pen,

In : Featured and Nostalgia. Tags: French, letters, Paris, romance, and writing.

So Today I Learned Napoleon’s Penis is in New Jersey

The garden state; where gas prices are cheaper and boardwalks are longer, and also where Napoleon

In : shock me. Tags: French, history, Napoleon, New Jersey, and weird.

Why is F Scott Fitzgerald Buried in a strangely Unremarkable Place?

His novel is at the top of the Amazon bestsellers list, nearly 90 years later after it was written.

In : life is messy. Tags: author, books, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby, graves, literature, and writer.

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

1. A photo of Robert Downey Jr. (a.k.a. Iron Man) that you can never unsee. Found on 9gag   2.

In : life is messy. Tags: 13 things, internet, and random.

The Floating Paris Winery

Between the 19th and 20th century, wine barrels would travel via canal boat from the regions of

In : Paris. Tags: boat, canal, houseboat, Paris, river, Seine, and wine.

Searching for Doodle Man: Who Doodled on this Styrofoam Cup like a Legend?

Somewhere out there is an undiscovered doodling prodigy! A Reddit user recently walked into their

In : life is messy. Tags: art, design, doodle, found, legend, lost, and Reddit.

The First Chanel Boutique: A Short Film by Karl Lagerfeld

Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute

In : C'est Chic and fashion for dummies. Tags: boutique, Chanel, Coco Chanel, Deauville, fashion, history, and style.

An Endless Summer in Outer Space

Camping on Mars? Seaside fun with views of Saturn? French artist Djuno Tomsni imagines the perfect

In : C'est Chic. Tags: art, beach, collage, holiday, moon, society6, space, and summer.

The Remains of a Paris ‘Kowloon’ Walled City

You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical

In : Paris. Tags: architecture, citadel, Paris, and urban.

Anywhere but Here: Deserted Banking Empire turned Skyscraper Slum

It was built for stockbrokers and bankers in their thousand dollar suits to make million dollar

In : shock me. Tags: abandoned, banking, deserted, finance, home, slum, south america, squat, tower, and venezuela.

The Paris Time Capsule Apartment

A Parisian apartment left untouched for over 70 years was discovered in the quartier of Pigalle a

In : Nostalgia and Paris. Tags: abandoned, Belle Epoque, derelict, ghosts, history, nostalgia, Paris, and Paris apartment.

The Bond Villain’s Lair: Skyfall’s Abandoned Island

Nearly forty years after people, the Japanese island of Hashima is lifeless, sagging and absolutely

In : Nostalgia. Tags: abandoned, Bond, deserted, Hashima, island, and Skyfall.

Seaside Ghost Town: The Abandoned Millionaire’s Resort

St. Tropez, Miami Beach, the Bahamas; imagine if the world’s most glamorous seaside resorts

In : Boys click here, don't be a tourist, and Nostalgia. Tags: abandoned, Cyprus, decay, derelict, ghost town, Greece, paradise, seaside, time capsule, Turkey, Varosha, and war.

30 years ago, you could buy a Lifetime, Unlimited First-class Travel pass with American Airlines. Now they’re Regretting it.

The Golden Ticket worth every penny… Imagine without hesitating, you could fly to Paris, just

In : don't be a tourist and gossip is good. Tags: airlines, American Airlines, flying, golden ticket, and travel.

How Sex Scenes in Film/ TV really Work

Ah, sex scenes. Those precious few minutes of a film (or HBO series) when parents decide to walk

In : Boys click here. Tags: actor, actress, awkward, behind the scenes, embarrassing, movies, Reddit, and sex scenes.

UNCOVERED: The Haunting ‘Human Zoo’ of Paris

In the furthest corner of the Vincennes woods of Paris, lies the remains of what was once a public

In : Boys click here, don't be a tourist, Nostalgia, and Paris. Tags: abandoned, colonialism, derelict, French, haunted, Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale, Paris, scary, and unusual.

The Reality of Celebrity Photoshop: Before and After

How many images do you think you’ve looked at so far today and without realizing the

In : fashion for dummies and shock me. Tags: anorexia, Before and After, Beyonce, body image, botox, Britney Spears, Celebrities photoshopped, Crystal Renn, Demi Moore, dieting, eating disorders, Eva Longoria, Faith Hill, Filippa Hamilton, ideal image, image distortion, Jessica Alba, Kiera Knightley, Kim Kardashian, Madonna, over-exercise, Penelope Cruz, photoshoot, photoshop, photoshop in fashion, plastic surgery, plus size models, Ralph Lauren, Retouching, size zero, skinny, and W Magazine.

Farewell Sarkozy: A Look Back in Pictures

Love him or hate him, Sarkozy was undeniably a pretty entertaining President. Let’s take a

In : gossip is good. Tags: Carla Bruni, French, news, Nicolas Sarkozy, photos, and President.

Made in China: European Clone Towns

Taking counterfeiting to a whole new level… Paris in China In the outskirts of Shanghai

In : don't be a tourist and Featured. Tags: bizarre, China, clone, European, fake, knock off, replica, and towns.

The Town that spent 25 Years Underwater

This is Villa Epecuen, an old tourist town south of Buenos Aires that spent a quarter of a century

In : don't be a tourist and shock me. Tags: abandoned, apocalyptic, argentina, ghost town, south america, and underwater.

If You’re Strange Like Me, This Could Interest You…

There are a few things about me that could be perceived by some as a little off. For example, I

In : Boys click here and shock me. Tags: abandoned, buildings, derelict, deserted, Detroit, forgotten, Galerie Wanted, ghost towns, haunted, houses, Paris, photography, Romain Meffre, ruins, scary, spooky, and Yves Marchand.

Meet the Coolest Mayor in the World

Meet Jon Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland’s largest (and coolest) city. Photo by Aleksander

In : have you met. Tags: comedian, funny, Iceland, Jon Gnarr, mayor, and politics.

What Model Poses would look like in Real Life

“Poses” is the project of spanish artist, Yolanda Dominguez, whose work I’ve been

In : fashion for dummies, life is messy, and shock me. Tags: anorexia, bodies, body image, editorial, fashion, image, industry, magazines, models, skinny, and women.

THE POISONED PARADISE ISLAND

America’s Radiation Victims We all know that America conducted nuclear bomb testing during

In : Boys click here and shock me. Tags: American, Bikini Atoll, conspiracy, corruption, facts, history, nuclear, scandal, and testing.

What Happens When You Play With Natural Beauty: Before and After

When ‘Tweeking’ Goes Too Far Has anyone else noticed Kim Kardashian is starting to look

In : fashion for dummies and shock me. Tags: Angelina Jolie, Before and After, botox, Brooke Shields, Fergie, Janice Dickinson, Jessica Alba, Joan Rivers, Jordan, Katy Perry, Kelly Brook, Kelly Brook weight loss, Kim Kardashian, kim kardashian has gone too far, lip injections, Megan Fox, Michael Jackson, Mickey Rourke, natural beauty, plastic surgery, pressures of Hollywood, skinny, Taylor Momsen, the changing faces of kim kardashian, too much make-up, Tyra Banks, what makes women get plastic surgery, and young women.