Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   What a relief! If you’re opening this email, let me start by saying thanks for sticking with me this week. I don't usually send as many emails as I have in the past few days. In fact, I only do this once every few years. And this week was one of those times. In case you’ve been taking a holiday from emails this week, I’m referring to [The Vault](, which launched this past Wednesday after months of behind-the-scenes preparation at the MessyNessy lab. If you’re one of the hundreds of Keyholders that have already unlocked The Vault, thank you for putting your trust in the underdog. You get it. And I’m so excited to continue this journey together with you. But some of you may also have more questions... One longtime reader wrote and asked will any of the content will still be free on MessyNessyChic? Here’s my answer: Yes, there will still be free content. In fact, in this weekend’s conversation starters we meet The Real Snow White and go in search of "Parisian Cairo" as well as the world’s most magical gardens. Your weekly dose of 13 Things will always be there too. But going forward, I will be dedicating a lot of my time to creating Keyholder content that will be kept inside The Vault. Just this week, there’s a brand new series dedicated to Collectors Items du Jour and we also went behind the curtain of New York’s thriving subculture of fortune tellers and found some serious design inspiration in the drawing boards of the Ballet Russes. That’s just the start of it, we’ve also created an entire Library of eBooks for Keyholders, including travel guides, hacks and reports - with new eBooks being launched every month. These eBooks are hidden in The Vault and don't appear anywhere on the public site. But once inside, you’ll have full access. From incredible weekends like a local in London, Paris and New York to road trips across Scotland, Romania and more, we’ve got you covered. This week, I’ve been working on Provence and Berlin is close behind! I’m also planning our upcoming Keyholder events, engaging with members one-on-one, advising on specific travel queries and itineraries via our Keyholder Concierge service. For example, I love that I didn’t have to feel guilty today about spending my time helping a reader plan their 40th birthday in Paris. And I can’t tell you what a pleasure it is to read our articles the way they should be: on a widescreen, magazine-style layout without ads getting in the way of a good story. So you can see, there are lots of wheels turning and new doors opening inside The Vault and [I hope you take a look]( and consider joining. And don’t forget, if you become a Keyholder before the end of Sunday, you can get 25% off your wise but very modest investment! Just use the discount code “KEYHOLDERACCESS” at [checkout](. Mull it over with your Weekend Conversation Starters below. Hope to see you on the other side. Yours faithfully, [Nessy]   [Paris or Egypt? 100 Years Ago, it was Hard to tell the Difference](  [16729447_1464981933514985_154537550898177912_n](  We could play a game here to start off. I could show you a series of ten vintage photographs and you guess which ones were taken in Paris and which ones were taken in Egypt. And to make it interesting, let’s say you get 2 seconds per photo to decide. Ready?  [Continue Reading](   [Léon Bakst’s Drawing Boards for the Ballet Russes](  [queenofthenight](  Nineteenth century Russia was restless, and so was Léon Bakst. The young man belonged to a new generation of creatives, one ready to turn Realism on its head with one flick of a bejewelled, utterly fabulous wrist. Today, his name is “a byword for excitement, for colour and glamour” and a radical new approach to…  [Continue Reading](   [These are the Real-Life Gardens of Earthly Delights](  [Screenshot 2019-03-07 at 22.06.08](  These are also the places that will confuse the heck out of aliens if they ever do land on this planet. From the forests of Finland to the subtropical mountains of Mexico, we’ve come across some many magical gardens over the years and thought it was about time to put them in one place… The…  [Continue Reading](   [Weekend Like a Local in London](  [Processed with VSCOcam with f2 preset](  Most people know me for my Paris secrets, but London is the city that raised me for 25 years and you don’t forget an old friend that easily.I still remember my hidden Sunday pubs, my mother’s little go-to markets and all the urban secrets first discovered on field trips with my favourite history teacher. London Pssst! You've stumbled across content that is exclusive to Nessy's Keyholders.  [Continue Reading](   [Collectors Item du Jour (Vol. I)](  [badges1](  Welcome to the first instalment of a brand new Messy Nessy series for collectors, vintage lovers, flea market fanatics– and really anyone who’s keen to discover new oddities that you may one day stumble upon at an antiques shop and have that “ah-hah!” moment. Today’s item? Vintage worker ID badges.  [Continue Reading](   [Behind the Curtain of New York’s Thriving Subculture of Fortune Tellers](  [Screenshot 2019-03-11 at 01.38.41](  Search “psychic” in New York City on Google Maps, and you’ll be flooded with addresses of not only psychics, but astrologers, tarot card readers, palm readers, and others invested in the business of the esoteric. This is a city where the supernatural thrives, where even in the midst of skyrocketing rent prices, a psychic – Pssst! You've stumbled across content that is exclusive to Nessy's Keyholders. There’s a new way to access the really special stuff from Messy Nessy Chic … Hidden beneath the surface layers of the internet, there’s a place where we keep our most secret addresses, untapped archives, creator’s inspiration,  collector’s guides, explorer’s manuals, obscure research and much more… And it’s made for our keyholders only!  [Continue Reading](   [Snow White Is Real (and She’s a Chinese Vlogger)](  [Screenshot 2019-03-06 at 22.00.43](  “This is China? It looks like a fairyland,” was Nessy’s first reaction to Li Ziqi’s (李子柒) vlogs. Our team watched, entranced, as Ziqi scurried through the misty morning air of her village, dutifully followed by not one but three baby animals (two puppies and lamb); we observed her gather nuts and fruits in a dewy…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXLIV)](  [49769332_603687386746269_3931727098418454020_n](  1. This Art Nouveau Sleeping Beauty in Cairo, Egypt This is an old castle was owned by Abdel Salam Khalil Pasha. It was designed by the famous Italian architect Antonio Lasciac, who designed a lot of castles in Egypt in different architectural style ranging from neo-Baroque to Art Nouveau, etc. I’d like to know more…  [Continue Reading](  Interested in Becoming a Keyholder? [Click Here to Unlock The Vault!](    [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](.