Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   All packed and nowhere to go. You were supposed to be somewhere faraway by now, spending the summer in Paris or on a mediterranean island somewhere. Alas, here we are. It feels like Planet Earth is pumping her breaks, and we’re travelling back in time to the era of “slow travel” our grandparents knew so well... The Golden Age of travel meant planning with care, building anticipation for the next big getaway, [when a train ticket promised weeks of adventure](, and a great trip didn’t just mean snagging the cheapest flight. So let’s make a little pact … to plan our travels with more care, and intention than ever. To [pour over travel books]( before departing. To geek out with maps rather than choosing our next destination from a perfectly edited Instagram photo. In a rate-it-out-of-five-stars TripAdvisor world, seek out your [travel tips from trusted sources]( and go the extra mile in researching those extra spots. Heaven knows we have the time. Stay curious (and well-equipped with conversation starters for the weekend)… [Nessy]   [Let’s Window Shop for French Fairytale Homes](   [7c0f7089440ab71b4ea23c5484d0c469]( Chateaux hunting is a veritable mood right now – the idea of quitting urban life, recruiting your best friends to go all in on the adventure and living out the rest of your days fixing up your French fortress with an endless supply of wine & cheese. There is certainly no shortage of chateaux in…  [Continue Reading](   [Death Row Inmates Are Making Art. Would You Buy It?](   [il_1588xN.2400161284_mymk]( Nicola White didn’t leave her heart in San Francisco, she left it in the San Quentin State Prison, just over the Golden Gate Bridge. “It’s funny,” she tells us by phone from her native England, “I never set out thinking, ‘I’m going to Death Row and I’m going to start a project with these prisoners…  [Continue Reading](   [If Fanny Packs made a comeback, surely the Parasol Can Too](   [fridaparasol]( For the average person, stepping out with an elegant sun parasol in western society today would probably feel like stepping out in cosplay. You might as well be wearing a corset too. Sadly, not since our grandparent’s generation has carrying a parasol been commonplace, but akin to the disappearance of men’s hats from everyday fashion,…  [Continue Reading](   [The Black Woman’s Forgotten Fight against the Laws that Banned her Hair](   [Lady Elizabeth Murray and Dido Belle, once attributed to Zoffany]( There are many reasons why it’s not “just hair” for Black women. Before the “Black is Beautiful” and natural hair movement emerged during the 1960s, anti-Black hair sentiment in Western society existed for centuries, most contentiously in colonial Louisiana when a series of laws actually banned Creole women from displaying their hair in public. Introduced…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CDXCXXII)](   [coronation]( 1. Barbie’s Real-Life California Dream House (For Sale) Asking $5,999,000, found on Sotheby’s Realty. 2. Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490 – 1510 Found on Tumblr.  [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](.