If Alice in Wonderland had her own Accessories Line

I‘m not much of a fashion blogger, I mostly leave that to the experts in their field. But every once in a while, I do come across a company that seems so perfectly harmonious with everything we believe in here at Messy Nessy Chic, and I just need to play fashion blogger for a moment. As you’re…

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The Secret Chelsea Garden

Blink and you would actually miss it, the mid-Victorian white stucco terrace house at Number 16 Sumner Place blends ever so inconspicuously with the rest of the perfectly picturesque Chelsea townhouses. Number Sixteen is a boutique hotel that feels less like a hotel and more like the London pied-à-terre of your wealthy bohemian fairy godmother, god…

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

1. Abandoned ‘Jail and Wedding’ Chapel A tiny, abandoned building has “Jail and Wedding Chapel” painted on its front in old-styling lettering as a modern-day roadside photo-op in North Carolina. Very Marfa, Texas. Found on Flickr/ Roadside America. 2. Yearbook “Class Favorites” from the 1970s More found on Flashbak. 3. That Time the…

Thousand Islands Is So Much More Than a Salad Dressing

If there’s a reason why I’ve been deprived of the real Thousand Islands all my life, I’m going to blame it on the salad dressing. Because lo and behold, this European has just discovered that it’s a real (and quite magical) place, not just an orange sauce for dipping my crudités, and that I need to…

American Photographer visits 1960s Romania in the Most Communist Photo Story Ever

A booming economy, an abundance of food and fresh produce overflowing from baskets, a seemingly happy and healthy working population, beautifully manicured scenery and immaculate cities– well, heck, who wouldn’t have wanted to go live in communist Romania by the looks of these photos? In 1964, American LIFE magazine photographer Carl Mydans dropped in for a visit to what…

Welcome to the Time Capsule Railway Hotel

Is it just me or is there something about precariously-positioned hotels called “The Belvedere”? Remember this one I found while ‘location scouting’ for Wes Anderson? Well, I’ve found another hotel by the very same name; an Art Deco pearl in the South of France and this one is a bona fide time capsule… Built by…

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

1. Casino pool at the Alcazar Hotel: Then & Now St. Augustine, Florida, 1904. This building that now houses the Lightner Museum once housed a huge indoor pool, but the area is now used for the museum’s cafe and antique shops. Found on Only in your State. 2. Esther Williams’ swimming pool The fabulous…

And now, the Bikini Bobbers of the Summer of 1961

Today, in totally random photo stories fished out of the internet, we have this rather inexplicable contraption that seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of bobbing buxom babes in bikinis around to the amusement of the passing crowd. It looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen, but hey, it was 1961– who needs safety to spoil…

Location Scouting for Wes Anderson

I have another part-time job that nobody knows about. It doesn’t pay very well because … well, technically my “boss” doesn’t actually know I hired myself to do the job. But whenever he decides he needs me, I’m certainly ready and waiting. You see, when it comes to the aesthetics of Wes Anderson movies, ol’ Wes…

The River Café Waiting at the End of a Hidden Valley

The internet can be sometimes be terribly misleading. I stumbled upon the above photograph on Pinterest, but the photograph’s location had been erroneously captioned and gone viral with its misinformation. As far back as I could go on the internet search pages, the paradisiac spot purported to be among “10 Unique things to do in Santorini”. Never one to…