Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   Missing Paris? Join me on my weekend stroll and discover a[2,000 Year Old Treasure in the Latin Quarter](. (Heavy rain is forecast for Saturday so I’ve moved it to Sunday, same time). And while you wait, [take a trip down the chute of the Paris pneumatic post](. Missing hotels? [There’s one for sale at this 1950s Doo-Wop Resort](. Missing the disco? [Let’s talk about the brave new world of nightlife](. Missing the full story? Black History Month is as good a time as any to [dig into our archives]( for a different perspective. This week, we took a look at [Bridgerton’s Black Presence, which isn’t Total Fantasy but rather, Hidden History](. Fill up with your weekend with our conversation starters... And hope to [see you on Sunday in Paris](. Stay curious, [Nessy]   [A Love Letter to the Lost World of the Parisian Pneumatic Post](  [pneumatic-post-1]( Years before the Paris Métro opened, there was another subterranean transport system rattling away beneath the city streets. Instead of messages floating around in the internet ether of apps and social networks, if you wanted to send a note to someone in your city in the 19th century, you tube. A network of sealed lines…  [Continue Reading](   [This Dark Age of Disco and the Brave New World of Nightlife](  [Saturday-Night-Fever-2-1024x576-1-930x524]( Did Covid really kill the disco? Or was it just the nail in the nightclub’s coffin? Some would argue the clubbing era officially died near the end of the 00’s, and that it was the age of social media that pulled the trigger. It’s a nostalgia-driven debate that can be found thriving in the comments…  [Continue Reading](   [Bridgerton’s Black Presence isn’t Total Fantasy, it’s Hidden History](  [BRIDGERTON_102_Unit_00614R-1024x684-1]( There’s a reason why Google autofills questions about the authenticity of Black presence in 17th and 18th century Europe – lots of people are asking. The hit Netflix show Bridgerton is Shonda Rimes’ first historical drama, but anyone who enjoys the screenwriter’s work (be it Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Scandal and many more), knows that…  [Continue Reading](   [Who Wants to Buy a 1950s Doo-Wop Motel?](  [201031]( The Jersey Shore earned a certain kind of reputation when MTV cameras infamously descended on its coast in the naughties, but “guidos” aside, in the 1950s, it was Hollywood royalty like Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly who had claimed it as their summer vacation spot. In post-war America, the shore hosted some of the biggest…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DXL)](  [sissi]( 1. Empress Elisabeth’s mourning mask and veil. C. 1880 Empress Elizabeth’s only son Crown Prince Rudolf committed suicide with his mistress, a 17 year-old Baroness.  [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](.