Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   Let the hunt begin!  The best part about Easter is surely the egg hunt in the backyard – and while we might’ve outgrown the Easter bunny, nothing’s stopping us from wandering around our favorite gardens…  Let’s start by tumbling [​down the rabbit hole into a Parisian wonderland]( and then time travel to the [lost gardens of New York City](.  But if there is a gate to Narnia, to a parallel universe free from reality, it’s probably [hiding here](, amongst the pointed trees of a secret garden deep in the hills of Umbria.  Take your pick, these are the [real-life gardens of earthly delights](.  Do you know ​​California’s best kept secret? [A century old subterranean garden](. And who’s got it better than the Easter bunny? Consider the [Curious Career of Living as a Real-Life Garden Gnome](. Stay curious, [Nessy]   [The Secret Code of Beauty Spots](  [vtiw8el49pc81]( You’re looking at a very rare portrait from 1650 depicting a Black woman and a White woman, both appearing to hold equal status, some 183 years before the abolition of slavery act. Curiously, rather than commenting on the debate in 17th century Britain via the uncommon pairing, the anonymous artist chose to write an inscription…  [Continue Reading](   [Stop Everything, Check Out this Real-Life Brambly Hedge Treehouse](  [275832337_1011781093096407_5725303592480178597_n]( Combine our love of treehouses with our love of teeny tiny stuff and you’ve got our undivided attention. Throughout winter, there’s been one Instagram account that’s had us hanging on its every post. For the past seven months, Catherine Lenoir, a miniature hobbyist and artist based in France, has been building and creating her own…  [Continue Reading](   [How to Talk Like the Ton: A Guide to Regency Lingo](  [ton]( Just what the deuce do they mean with all their gadzooks and apoplexies, their barouches and barking irons? The language of the Regency – the period of time roughly earmarked as 1795 to 1820 in Britain when the reigning King George III was deemed unfit to rule and his son took over as Prince Regent…  [Continue Reading](   [How America Became Enamoured with Octagon Houses](  [longwood1]( Explore America’s small towns, and you might be lucky to stumble across a peculiarly shaped house that stands out from its surrounding neighbours by virtue of having eight facades. Back in the middle of the 19th century, there were once thousands of these ‘octagonal’ houses all over America when they were the height of fashion,…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DXCVIII)](  [275982343_484241553343074_3071801181734179712_n]( [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](.