Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   I’ve swapped the hum of city life for the song of the cicadas. They’re singing at the top of their lungs as write this to you. I may have adjusted my rhythm for [la vie provençale](, but there’s no rest for the curious. We’ve prepared your eclectic platter of weekend conversation starters to take you through the last few days of July. Best consumed with a cold glass of rosé… With love from Paris, [Nessy]   [The Villages Where Provence Meets the Côte d’Azur](  [Screen Shot 2018-07-27 at 02.50.09](  You might want to pour yourself a cold glass of rosé before you begin browsing this post, maybe play some Jacques Brel; it only seems right. I left Paris and floated down south this weekend in search of sun, sea and Provençale pastels. Join me for a little tour of a ridiculously charming village or two...  [Continue Reading](   [He Made the Most Beautiful Films of All Time and They Put Him in Prison For It](  [Screen Shot 2018-07-26 at 11.54.45](  It was a pretty epic Round Table, albeit one held in vain. Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Yves-Saint Laurent and other creative power-houses had joined forces with one impossible goal: to save Sergei Parajanov. “In the temple of cinema, there are images, light and reality,” said Godard, “Sergei Parajanov was the master of that temple.  [Continue Reading](   [How America Fell for Maude Fealy](  [Screen Shot 2018-07-26 at 11.54.45](  Can you blame them? She’s the kind woman whose nearly 100-year-old snapshots still radiate charisma and mystique from one of the most magical eras in film history. She was a Southern Belle of showbiz stock, and she was just as convincing in the role of an 17th century French diva as she was crossdressing in the…  [Continue Reading](   [Deep in Italy, One Man’s Surrealist Mini-City Sleeps](  [36136005_418768825309904_2868323763227721728_n](  It’s a labyrinthine citadel more surreal than even the weirdest of Fellini sets. “La Scarzuola” is a modern wannabe-Utopian estate imagined by one man and built amongst the pointy trees of Italy’s Montegabbione in the 1950s. This esoteric wonderland and its elaborate surrealist structures are awaiting your visit… Echoing the dreamlike worlds of Dali and…  [Continue Reading](   [Never Again Would There Be a Toga Party Like the Lost 1920s Delphic Festival](  [delphicladies](  Every summer we run into the same problem: too many amazing festivals, too little time. Then we caught wind of the long lost Delphic Festivals, which makes every concert we’ve ever been to pale in comparison to its over-the-top, 1920s interpretation of Greek merrymaking. Think Coachella, but on steroids… The Delphic festival was so lavish…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCVII)](  [James-Kerwin-Feature-3-1522x985](  1. NYC Cab Driver Spends 30 Years Photographing His Passengers In 1980, aspiring photographer Ryan Weideman landed in New York City from California, looking to make a name for himself. But he soon found himself focused on more practical matters, like paying the rent…. Full story found on My Modern Met.  [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](.