Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   I’m a cheap date. Especially on Valentine’s Day. Going out to a restaurant on the 14th of February feels a little on par with hoping to find romance by queuing up at the Eiffel Tower. And we all know [how I feel about that](. I’d rather get in the mood for lurve by rustling something up at home, preferably with [the kitschiest cookbook to come out of the 1980s]( and then curling up with [an old movie](. But we do love love at Messy Nessy. Not of the greeting card variety (although we are fascinated by [their dark & twisted history](). This week, we enter the world of [Advanced Love and learn the secrets to a lasting (and stylish) relationship](with photographer Ari Seth Cohen, who spoke to Messy Nessy about the stylish senior couple muses of his eponymous book. We also invite you to relive the stories of iconic lovers like [Anais Nin and Henry Miller,]( or [Georgia O’Keeffe & Alfred Stieglitz]( and the mad, mad love of [Man Ray and Lee Miller](. Got a toothache from the sweetness yet? Change the subject entirely with UFO sightings of yore and a secret world hiding behind a Victorian terrace house in south London. Just your usual platter of curiosities in this weekend’s conversation starters. [Nessy]   [The Secret behind 575 Wandsworth Road](   [jegwf8dpt2241-2]( On a seemingly ordinary street in South London, past the concrete tower blocks, the off-licenses and chicken takeaway shops, is a strip of seemingly ordinary Victorian terrace houses. But one of these houses is not like the other. Hidden away behind the most unassuming facade, is a work of art and a place a possibilities…  [Continue Reading](   [So What Were UFO Sightings like in the Really Old Days?](   [74527310_153530735886026_1038739212108233504_n]( Who made the little green spacemen, well, green? Long before the midcentury Space Race set the standard for collective extraterrestrial clichés, people were having out-of-this-world experiences that chilled them down to their frilly, 1850s pantaloons. The snag being, of course, that no one had any evidence. In 1919, American author Charles Hoy Fort came forth…  [Continue Reading](   [So How did the Heart Become the Symbol of Love anyway?](   [Screenshot 2020-01-29 at 12.27.58]( Once upon a time, a knight was really pissed off. He had just discovered that his wife took a lover, and naturally, sought revenge in a joust to the death with his rival. But even that victory wasn’t enough to quench his rage, so he cut out the heart of his wife’s lover and gave…  [Continue Reading](   [The 1970 Osaka World’s Fair was Something Else](   [tumblr_n479x5dBi91sxm4gzo1_640]( And here we were thinking that the New York World’s Fair of 1939 and 1968 were impressive. Osaka knocked it out of the park in the 1970. The theme of the Expo was “Progress and Harmony for Mankind,” and a total of 77 countries participate, including the USA and the USSR, with more than 64…  [Continue Reading](   [Advanced Love: The Secrets of a Lasting (and Stylish) Relationship](   [G63A2984]( Welcome to the world of Advanced Love, courtesy of photographer, author, and fellow bleeding heart, Ari Seth Cohen. Following the success of his Advanced Style universe, celebrating the sartorial flair of the senior set (in book and film format), comes yet another round of mature fashion mavericks living life to the fullest – only, this…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CDLXXXIX)](   [0b95496e9762db79f3b6248d629bca40_original]( 1. Historical reenactment of a Moa hunt, early 20th century Moa were large flightless birds endemic to New Zealand, up to 12 ft high and 500+ lbs. Extinct since circa 1400. And now you see how birds evolved from dinosaurs.  [Continue Reading](  Interested in Becoming a MessyNessy Keyholder? [Apply now 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](.