Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   Dim the lights! Time for a good old fashioned binge-watch wouldn’t ya say? If you’re home for the holidays, you could kick back and start with our very own Youtube series and make sure you’re caught up with all the episodes of [Don’t be a Tourist](. And don’t forget in the Keyholder’s Vault, there’s the [MessyNessy Movie House]( with a giant list of titles from Francophile & Paris-themed movies to time travel & historical interest films. It’s basically an early Christmas gift. Outside of the Vault, you can still find a list of [midnight movies]( that can get us through winter, [movies that make you nostalgic for summers in Europe]( as well as our pick of [American Indie alternatives]( and [films worth watching/ re-watching]( when it’s raining. And when you’re all movie’d out, settle in by the fire with your weekend conversation starters. PS. Of course I’m not gonna leave you out in the cold on BLACK FRIDAY ––[everything in our store is 25% off](until the clock strikes December! Get your Christmas gifts under the tree in time and use the code “Earlybird” at checkout. [Nessy]   [We’ll Call her Story a Real-Life “Handmaid’s Tale”](  [1ujdmh3qhz731]( She escaped the Gestapo twice – a glamorous socialite, fashion columnist, pianist and mother of two before the war, she went on to become the only woman to head an underground resistance network against the Nazi Occupation in France. She recruited 3,000 members, 24% of which were women, making it the resistant organisation with the…  [Continue Reading](   [The Man who Documented the First Americans](  [43385936_151439175817855_8067311789557204443_n]( His lifework documenting the North American native was once hailed as “the most ambitious enterprise in publishing since the production of the King James Bible.”  [Continue Reading](   [If Slim Aarons came back as a Painter…](  [43385936_151439175817855_8067311789557204443_n]( The only thing better than putting your feet up, is putting your feet up in the luxury of Ignasi Monreal. The Spanish-born artist has become a darling du jour of the fashion scene in recent years thanks to his work for Gucci, Vogue, the Four Seasons (which incorporated the Ritz), and others – giving us…  [Continue Reading](   [The Secrets of Esoteric Paris: A Spiritualist Guide](  [OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA]( Like a moth to a très spooky flame, esoteric figures have always flocked to Paris in pursuit of deeper, mystical truths about the universe; from medieval alchemists to cult tarot card readers; mystic bent Surrealists to a long running society of Freemasons – it’s not just the way that this city protects its esoteric heritage,… [Continue Reading](   [Jesus and Kitsch: The Rise of the American Megachurch](  [10638463314_af42b76d75_o]( They called him Big Butter Jesus – Sweet Cream Jesus. Sometimes, Touchdown Jesus. The nicknames for the massive statue outside Monroe, Ohio’s Solid Rock Church may have varied between dairy and football allusions, but its purpose was unflinching: bring in the people.  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CDLXXIX)](  [tumblr_d37170471ad9b555c501af7ccd3efb15_79a696ef_1280]( 1. A forgotten 300SL ‘Gullwing’ sitting in a garage in Jacksonville, Florida Entombed in the dark, dusty, and rat-infested garage was a spellbinding 300SL, sitting silently, caked in dust and desperately lifeless, its once-glimmering chrome trim demounted and stored inside the musty cabin. Just the 43rd ‘Gullwing’ to leave the Mercedes-Benz factory in Stuttgart and…  [Continue Reading](   [A Holiday Message from MessyNessyChic](  [santaletter](  I hope you’ve been behaving, because I put in a good word with Santa for you! Without further ado, sit back for the premiere of MessyNessyChic’s first ever holiday message (inspired by Christmas rom-com movies from the late 90s, naturally)… And that’s not all! We didn’t want you to be left out in the cold doing… [Continue Reading](   [The Parisian Ghost Mall Next to the Louvre](  [IMG_1366]( Across the street from the most-visited museum in the world where 30,000 tourists pass through everyday, there’s a 10,000m2 shopping mall dedicated to antiques, where you won’t find a soul. Le Louvre des Antiquaires, as it was inaugurated in 1978, was once a thriving retail centre for 250 luxury boutiques specialising in fine arts, jewellery,… [Continue Reading](   [Oh, Just a Paris Bumble Bee Turned Influencer](  [Screenshot 2019-11-01 at 14.50.44]( Is it just us, or does the air taste a bit sweeter today? We were browsing through Instagram as per usual, when a new Paris influencer brought our scrolling to a halt. She’s not even big enough to lift a peanut, but she’ll be damned if size stifles her dreams of strolling through Montmartre, or… [Continue Reading](  Interested in Becoming a MessyNessy Keyholder? [Apply now to unlock the Vault!](    [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [Blog]( [To read 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](.