The Ruins Of A Swinging Seventies Spa That Kept A Siberian Tiger Behind The Bar

About a half hour north of Manhattan is a curious ruin: a giant, circular concrete drum resting on a narrow concrete plinth, and wrapped with floor to ceiling windows, most of them broken. More concrete can be found in the futuristic looking ramps that swirl around the peculiar structure, giving the abandoned building a Brutalist feel…

It Took an African Princess to become the First Black Flight Attendant, but Diversity in Aviation Has Yet to Take Flight

In HBO’s hit series, The Flight Attendant, actress Kaley Cuoco does a sterling job of portraying how many of us would typically draw a flight attendant if we were asked to. Slim build, check. Perfectly highlighted blonde hair swept immaculately into a chignon, check. Carefully applied makeup, check. Caucasian woman, check. As we catapult through…

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

1. Bill Gates’ Mugshot In 1977 Bill Gates was arrested for driving without a license and not stopping at a stop sign. Found on Reddit. 2. This Perfect Little Cottage for Rent in the French Alps Found on Airbnb. 3. Documenting the toilets of the Alps A new book by Marco Volken. Found via Present…

Before Pantone, there was a 19th Century Colour Dictionary for Nature’s Poetry

“Streak from the eye of the kingfisher” for a buff orange. “Flower of deadly nightshade” for a brownish purple red. “Decayed leaves of none-so-pretty” for cochineal red. “Beauty spot on wing of Mallard Drake” for a Prussian blue. These were the poetic descriptions inspired by nature to describe colour in a book used by Charles…

Donna Summer is the Overlooked Style Icon that We Need to Get our Sparkle Back

The late, great Donna Summer was so much more than a disco queen. Did you know she was a painter too? But we’ll get to that in a moment. Donna began her musical career in high school in the late 1960s when she became the lead singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow. At the…

Dream Apartment Du Jour: Meet the Tenant

During the lockdowns of the past year, it’s been all about nesting (and investing) in our homes. Serving as both our workplaces and sanctuaries, as well as our private entertainment spaces, apartment Feng shui has become top priority next to staying healthy. One of the most re-posted apartments on Instagram during the pandemic has got…

There’s No Place Quite like that Big Empty Mansion sitting on a Hilltop outside NYC

You can tell a lot about William Boyce Thompson by walking through the magical garden he left behind nearly a hundred years ago. Meticulously sculpted and adorned with archaeological treasures at every turn, you’ll find sunken swimming pools lined with blue Roman mosaics next to a replica of what is thought to be the world’s…

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

1. This used to be the richest silver mine in the world Silver Islet refers to both a small rocky island and a small community located at the tip of the Sibley Peninsula in northwestern Ontario, Canada. A rich vein of pure silver was discovered on this small island in 1868 by the Montreal Mining Company. The islet…

Meet the London Club Kids Who Made Punk Go Pop

Sex, drugs and lots of black eyeliner. Just a regular Tuesday night at the Blitz Club. At the turn of the 1980s, London’s teenage squatters, outcast art school kids and disillusioned punks all descended on a barren Covent Garden in search of a good night out. By simply living out their wildest and wackiest fantasies,…

“Now that, is an Episode of the Kardashians We’d Watch”

You can imagine them in a Wes Anderson movie too – Owen Wilson is being chased by a sheep and the camera pans over to Trio Mandili, a Georgian musical group of three young women who sing folk songs polyphonically, accompanied by a traditional string instrument known as a panduri. They’re big on Youtube, with 782K subscribers at…

The Ruins Of A Swinging Seventies Spa That Kept A Siberian Tiger Behind The Bar

It Took an African Princess to become the First Black Flight Attendant, but Diversity in Aviation Has Yet to Take Flight

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

Before Pantone, there was a 19th Century Colour Dictionary for Nature’s Poetry

Donna Summer is the Overlooked Style Icon that We Need to Get our Sparkle Back

Dream Apartment Du Jour: Meet the Tenant

There’s No Place Quite like that Big Empty Mansion sitting on a Hilltop outside NYC

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

Meet the London Club Kids Who Made Punk Go Pop

“Now that, is an Episode of the Kardashians We’d Watch”

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