Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   Whoopsie! I have loose lips. Yup, I’m having trouble keeping it all in. By the amount of secrets I’ve spilled in anticipation this week, you can probably tell how excited I am about being so close to finishing Don’t be a Tourist in New York, a book created with so much love and care, it really does feel like our second child! Your weekend conversation starters are a veritable pu pu platter of New York treasures. I’ve even made it official and given [New York its very own (long overdue) category]( on MessyNessyChic. This week, we’re warming up at [Brooklyn’s Secret Caribbean clubhouse]( and curling up in the city’s [5 coziest spots](. You’ll also fall in love with [Tony, the time travelling Italian barber](, and find the perfect [bohemian companion to guide you through Greenwich Village a century ago](. And since I’m so bad at keeping secrets, I suppose you’ll just have to tell all your New Yorker friends that Don’t Be a Tourist in New York is coming at ya Spring 2019! But of course, everyone knows you can’t just skip to the sequel... We’ll always have [Don’t be a Tourist in Paris](. With love from two cities, [Nessy]   [New York’s Secret Caribbean Kingdom (and its Queen)](   [DSC01256]( Peer inside and your senses inevitably tumble inside a place that’s more time capsule than bar. In the warm glow of a colour we’ll just call, “Yellow, 1979”, exists a world apart from the modern and fast-paced New York City we know. You’ll hear the salsa rhythm of a lively San Juan watering hole and…  [Continue Reading](   [5 of NYC’s Cosiest Corners to Curl up in this Winter](   [download (12)]( Baby, it’s cold outside!  We’re so nearly finished with the Don’t be a Tourist in New York book, and while its contents must remain top secret, with temperatures plummeting so low, I felt we owed this little teaser to out New Yawkers. So come on in and warm up at New York’s coziest spots this weekend……  [Continue Reading](   [Vintage Muse du Jour: Rediscovering Chelo Alonso, Cuba’s Answer to Marilyn](   [50064440_289807175046815_4842428498219344833_n]( She was billed as the human,”Cuban H-Bomb” by American media in the 1950s, ’cause Chelo Alonso was Cuba’s answer to Marilyn Monroe. Simply a force to be reckoned with, she exploded onto the international movie scene in the 1950s as both a dancer, instantly drawing comparisons to Josephine Baker, and as a starlet who carved…  [Continue Reading](   [A Bohemian’s Guide to Greenwich Village, New York, a Century Ago](   [9452899028_cafbd38132_k]( I‘ve been digging through my fair share of New York’s archives while researching Don’t be a Tourist in New York and fell upon the photographs of a woman who, almost 100 years ago exactly, was doing the very same thing as I: seeking out the city’s local and off-beat gems. Oh ho, let’s go to…  [Continue Reading](   [The Time Capsule Brooklyn Barbershop that Could](   [DSC01248]( The one charm about the past, said Oscar Wilde, is just that: it’s the past. But clearly, he never met Tony Garofalo. For over half a century, Tony has been behind the wheel, or swivel chair, rather, of the little Brooklyn Barber Shop that could… Quietly sandwiched between a deli and car service shop, you…  [Continue Reading](   [We’re Soon to be Dining in an Abandoned Metro Station in Paris](   [rouge]( It’s finally happening. A sleeping ghost station in Paris’ revered 6eme arrondissement; just a few steps from iconic French cafés and the world’s first luxury department store; a forgotten metro stop is finally going to be transformed, slated to become the city’s hottest new underground restaurant. If this all kind of talk rings a bell, it’s because…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXVII)](   [6832659665_6bcc2a32b0_o]( 1. When we used to eat off Radioactive Glassware Uranium glass was once made into tableware and household items, but fell out of widespread use when the availability of uranium to most industries was sharply curtailed during the Cold War in the 1940s to 1990s. Most such objects are now considered antiques or retro-era collectibles, although there…  [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](.