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Girl with her Pet Alligator

Posted on May 3, 2012 by MessyNessy

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When Exotic Pets were the Accessory du Jour

Posted on April 19, 2012 by MessyNessy

“The big picture is that we are intimately bound to animals and it is satisfying to take them in and tame them. Subconsciously, we are a mishmash. We don’t know who we are, and so to simplify things, we predicate our individuality on animals.” Dr. Yi-Fu Tuan, a cultural geographer at the University of [...]

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Moving Day! The House that was Sawn in Half and Shipped across the Bay

Sawn in half with a chainsaw, wheeled down the streets of San Francisco, stuck on a barge at Marina
In : Nostalgia. Tags: 1960s, architecture, bizarre, historic, historic home, moving, preservation, and san francisco.
You are invited to a Harlem Rent Party circa 1944

The weekend is fast approaching, we’re looking forward to letting our hair down, maybe go
In : Nostalgia. Tags: 1930s, african american, culture, Harlem, Harlem rent party, party, Prohibition, secret party, and Vintage.
Hey, that’s my Bike!

Just look at her. “You know you want me”, is what she’s saying. And it could be
In : C'est Chic and Nostalgia. Tags: 1960s, bicycle, design, Spacelander, and Vintage.
Hepburn in 1960s Paris

The other night I tucked myself up in bed and watched Funny Face, the 1957 Gershwin musical
In : Nostalgia and Paris. Tags: 1960s, audrey hepburn, model, movies, and Paris.
Vintage Muse du Jour: Anna Karina

Anna Karina arrived in Paris at the age of seventeen from Denmark. She spoke no French and
In : Nostalgia. Tags: 1960s, actress, Anna Karina, French, girl crush, muse, style, and Vintage.
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.
The Dapper Rebels of Los Angeles, 1966

In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a
In : Boys click here, fashion for dummies, and Nostalgia. Tags: 1960s, african american, dandy, dapper, life, Los Angeles, magazine, preppy, rebel, riots, style, urban, and Vintage.
In the back of a Taxi with John Lennon and Bob Dylan (on Drugs)

John Lennon would later tell a journalist for Rolling Stone magazine that he and Dylan had done
In : Uncategorized. Tags: 1960s, Bob Dylan, documentary, drugs, icons, John Lennon, and music.
Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my! The Daredevil Petting Zoo

So think of the biggest and baddest predators in the animal kingdom, the most powerful carnivores
In : shock me. Tags: animals, lions, south america, tigers, wild, and zoo. Format: Standard.
The Memoirs of a Model in 1960s Paris

Anyone that saw the September Issue will know who Grace Coddington is and probably fell in love
In : fashion for dummies. Tags: 1960s, fashion, Grace Coddington, memoir, model, and Paris.
Introducing, 1960s Slimming Beds

So it’s not yet 11am here in Paris and I’m pretty much wasted on some brandy tea that I
In : Nostalgia. Tags: 1960s, diet, exercise, funny, slimming, and weight loss.
15 of those Awkward Moments in History

1. When the Centro Universitario of Mexico abbreviated all over their sports uniforms: Top row,
In : Nostalgia. Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, advertising, awkward, bad fashion, fashion, funny, sexist, and style.
The Story of an Expat Girl in 1960s Paris

“Nadja à Paris” is a short 13-minute film by a French New Wave director, Eric Rohmer,
In : Nostalgia and Paris. Tags: 1960s, expat, living in Paris, moving to paris, Nadja a Paris, Paris, Parisian, and student.
Welcoming the Parisian Winter Nights with Brassai

With the nights in Paris getting longer, the trees looking more naked and the cobblestones
In : Boys click here and Paris. Tags: 1920s, 1930s, black and white, Brassai, dark, French, night, Paris, photography, and prostitution. Format: Standard.
Time Travel Movie of the Week: That Thing You Do!

One of my favorite things in life is finding someone who hasn’t seen one of my favorite
In : C'est Chic and Nostalgia. Tags: 1960s, film, Liv Tyler, movies, music, rock'n'roll, soundtrack, the beatles, and tom hanks.