Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   Escapism. That’s what you need this weekend. Luckily, the following archive articles double as a passport, a time machine, and an oh so sparkly disco ball... - Take a trip to a [utopian, 1930s Paris nudist colony]( - Craving new knowledge? Here’s [a brief compendium of utterly fascinating archives]( to explore - Soak up some Italian summer nostalgia with [the original ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’]( - Celebrate [a history of summers at America’s “Black Eden”Â]( - Drink and dive into Europe’s [underwater wine cellars]( - Let’s run away with [Ernst Kreidolf’s illustrated flower fairies]( - [The 20 hotel rooms to bucket list for the next decade]( - Built in the clouds, see the [highest villages frozen in time]( - Relax amongst [the Mysterious Magic of Waterfalls]( - If the Flintstones vacationed in France: [A guide to the cave villages]( - Bite into [the last peach orchards of Paris]( - Dig through the sheer excess of [the Green Vault: Europe’s overlooked jewel box]( - Get lost in the beautiful worlds of [this Art Nouveau comic book]( - Hop aboard the [1970s sex raft experiment]( documentary - Paradise lost at [the Moonhole Mansion: An Abandoned Crusoe Dream]( Fancy a stroll around Paris? This week, I took Keyholders on a Zoom stroll through the Right Bank. Retrace our footsteps in the video archive library – or better yet, [join me next time](! This city is abuzz with the news that small museums, cafés and terrace restaurants will begin opening in the next few days, and we’ve got you covered with our [Paris Restaurant Guide](. For your cultural serving, [Don’t Be a Tourist in Paris]( awaits with offbeat museums and cabinets of curiosity. Wherever you may be, mark your calendars for next week’s Zoom date with the Marilyn Monroe lookalike who is actually living in the icon’s former Hollywood home. Stay tuned for all the details, but reserve your virtual ticket to Tinseltown [here](. As always, your Weekend Conversation Starters await, starting with an East Coast castle to rival Hearst’s... Love, [Nessy]   [In Defence of Clutter: The American Castle of a Renaissance Hoarder](   [82309718_10157849844116878_3923753105102995456_o]( Forget the great and gaudy Hearst Castle – why don’t they talk about Fonthill Castle? Now that’s a house worth seeing. Some might call him America’s first hoarder, but for any aspiring collector or lover of eclectic arts, Pennsylvania’s most underrated treasure is an astonishing visual treat at every turn, telling the story of a…  [Continue Reading](   [Why NASA Set up Shop in Russia’s Forbidden Star City](   [2000023-930x618-1]( Tucked in a Russian forest not terribly far from Moscow, you’ll find it: a veritable mini-city, populated entirely by space explorers and their kin for over half-a-century. This is “Star City,” and getting an invite here is a bit like making it into Wonka’s Chocolate Factory; it’s the world’s oldest habitation of its kind, a…  [Continue Reading](   [For Sale: The Victorian Butcher Shop You Never Knew You Needed](   [Hornsey-Road-9-1600x1068-1]( So generously preserved of its original features, you can almost imagine a portly butcher emerging from his back room to ask whether you want the Sirloin cut or Tenderloin. And yet this “rare survival” in North London has managed to find new life as a wonderful two-bedroom home with a kitchen and front room to…  [Continue Reading](   [If Ophelia Could Talk: The True Story of the Iconic Artist-Muse](   [detail-2]( If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s to listen to the muse – she usually has the juiciest details behind some of history’s most iconic artworks and artists. Today, we travel to the gauzy, sun-dappled world of the romantic pre-Raphaelite painters and zoom in on their unsung queen, “Ophelia” in that iconic…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CDXCXIV)](   [5eb41a76cdfd485e72569894]( 1. Restaurants using mannequins to make social distancing less awkward An American Michelin-starred restaurant, the Inn at Little Washington, hopes to make its dining room feel less empty once customers return at limited capacity…. From mannequins to stuffed animals to pool noodles you wear on your head, restaurants around the world are getting pretty “creative” in…  [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](.