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Cabinet of Chic Curiosities
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December 17, 2018

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

1. This Incredible antique lover’s Parisian atelier is for sale Listed here, found via The Spaces.   2. An art deco-inspired business jet Found on Design Boom made by this private jet company (interesting to see how the other half go private airplane shopping).   3. A woman wears scraps in an aircraft manufacturing site like…
December 10, 2018

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

1. Secrets of the Holland Island Bar Light The Holland Island Bar Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay which existed from 1889 to 1960. It is remembered for the unexplained death of one of its keepers, and for being “attacked” by United States Navy pilots during a training exercise.  Read about rum runners, rockets and (maybe) bloody murder on the…
December 3, 2018

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

1. Shadowboxes Visually immersive handmade models, as alluring and enchanting as they are curious. Visit the Etsy shop here.   2. Just Bill Murray taking a nap on the set of Fantastic Mr. Fox Found via Syndicated Cinema’s Instagram account.   3. Scenes in a Bottle Forget ships in a bottle… The “Picasso”, if you…
November 26, 2018

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

1. Gustav Mesmer and his umbrella helicopter Gustav Mesmer (1903–1994) was a German inventor of experimental human-powered flying machines, often referred to in the press as “the Icarus of Lautertal.” He has been championed by curators as an outsider artist, while his theories about improving aerodynamics through wing and sail piercings have been of interest to scientists. He was…
November 19, 2018

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

1. This staircase from the Eiffel Tower is for Sale It’s not every day that a chunk of one of the world’s most famous monuments goes on sale. But on November 27, Paris auction house Artcurial will be selling off a 24-step piece of original staircase from the Eiffel Tower, removed in 1983 to help lighten the…
November 15, 2018

America’s Beauty School Dropouts: A Brief Compendium

We miss the days when estheticians waxed eyebrows in a Paul Bunyan-ready cottage, perfected their perming skills in a nondescript clapboard shack, and barbers painted their 1969 Volkswagens to match their salon. More than mere institutions for a cute ‘do, the beauty schools and barber shops of yesteryear were visible extensions of major cultural shifts.…
November 12, 2018

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

1.Freddie Mercury’s First Band You can see him, centre, with his bandmates in 1958. Their band was called “The Hectics”. The school-band was formed while all five were students at St. Peter’s Boys School, an English boarding school near Bombay (now Mumbai), India. The band only played at school events and were not allowed to venture outside for bookings. Found on…
November 6, 2018

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

1. Johnny Cash in Thigh-High Boots, 1960s Found on Pinterest.   2. Souvenirs from Getting Struck by Lighting They said it looked “like you threw a cannonball” through his cowboy hat. The story of how Jaime Santana was truck by lighting — and survived — is a fascinating read, from the moment he was thrown off…
October 29, 2018

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

1. Janis Joplin having an Eternal Summer in Copacabana, Brazil, 1970 Just months before her untimely death, Joplin headed to Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro to have a few moments of R&R on the beach. She wasn’t nearly as well known in South America as she was in the States, and the images weren’t released until many…
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