Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   This weekend is for family, fireside chats … and Frank Sinatra. I’ve got a few gems for the holiday table, the kind of conversation starters that can save you from twiddling your thumbs next to a distant relative or your awkward uncle. And so I like to think that in spirit, I’ll be by your side for the festivities. Have yourself a merry little holiday. [Nessy]    [The Greatest Movie Starring Mick Jagger, Dali, and Orson Welles That Never Got Made](  [The-Holy-Mountain]( Once a month at a Parisian café near the Place de la Bastille, you can find a peculiar crowd of characters trying to squeeze into the local bar du quartier, lining up feverishly to meet a silver-haired man, dressed in all-black and promising to give them a tarot reading. You could be easily forgiven for dismissing the scene as…  [Continue Reading](   [Amelia Earhart’s Forgotten Fashion Line (could probably do with a comeback)](  [Ameila Earhart With Airplane]( The idea of the celebrity fashion line dates as far back as 1850, when a wildly popular Swedish opera singer named Jenny Lind decided to top up her high-grossing ticket sales with a range of Jenny Lind-branded merchandise, including gloves, bonnets and shawls. Then came silent film star Irene Castle, dubbed the “best-dressed woman in…  [Continue Reading](   [10 Reasons to Visit the Only Country Where North Koreans Can Take a Permanent Vacation](  [31982553343_1f726f5bf5_k]( When I first began researching Kyrgyzstan, a country I’d honestly never heard of, bordering China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, I thought I was going to be discovering a mini North Korea. For Kyrgyzstan is the only country in the world where North Korean citizens can stay for an unlimited amount of time (if they can manage to get past…  [Continue Reading](   [In Newark, NJ the Number of Abandoned Theatres Lying Around Is Kind of a Problem](  [IMG_1823 copy]( There is nothing quite so poignant and eerie as an abandoned theatre. From the torn, dusty remnants of old red velvet curtains, to rows of empty and dilapidated seats, it is easy to imagine the bustling crowds, thronging together for an evening’s entertainment. For those who love to explore the faded gilt of old, grand…  [Continue Reading](   [Ditch Real Life, Buy a ‘Steve Zissou’ Lighthouse Complete with a Sailor’s Bar](  [100_1514574_0_1513314056]( The real estate classifieds are one of my favourite places to linger on the internet these days. You can come across anything from Victorian time capsule homes for sale to a Victorian axe murderess’ mansion up for grabs; big empty Italian castles to private islands complete with Nazi castles– property listings really do provide much…  [Continue Reading](  Interested in Becoming a MessyNessyAmbassador? [Get Your Ambassador Link And Start Sharing!](    [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [Blog]( [To ready more from MessyNessyChic visit the Blog]( and make sure you keep getting these email by adding contact@messynessychic.com to your address book or whitelist us. Our postal address: In a Café, Paris 75001 Want out of the loop? [Unsubscribe](.