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[Messy Nessy Chic]   What are we going to do this summer?  As for some answers, let's start with a few wild card destinations… - Here’s 10 Reasons to visit the only country [where Koreans can take a permanent vacation](. - Turn back time with the forgotten [Houseboat Hotels of Kashmir](. - Did you hear about England's [Secret Historic Hotel Network](? - Why not try out my [road trip through Romania](. But if you’re looking for some pure R&R… - How does a [beach hut in Portugal]( sound?  - Or endless rosé in [Provence](? (I’ve already done [the Airbnb search for you](). Get busy planning your adventures as a Keyholder with our [A-Z Destination Directory]( that’s packed with travel secrets across the continents + full access to all of [our mini guides]( and of course, your very own [24/7 Travel Concierge]( for all your bespoke needs.  [Try it out just for the summer]( if you like.  Stay curious, [Nessy]   [French Folk Costume or Next Season’s Haute Couture?](  [couture]( French fashion designers have long been at the forefront of avant-garde style and Paris has long been considered the birth city of fashion – the ultimate fountain of sophistication, glamorous muses and endless inspiration. But let’s turn back the clocks and leave the capital for the villages of provincial France where a part of French fashion…  [Continue Reading](   [Before There Was Emily in Paris, There Was Sally Jay Gorce](  [791633973.0.x]( Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century and well into the beginning of the next, it’s easy to track our fascination with young women attempting to figure out life – they are witty, tenacious, and often keenly perceptive of the world in which they exist and their place within it. Their names have become…  [Continue Reading](   [The New York Cocktail Trail](  [ODEON_ARCHIVES-53]( Trying to determine the exact moment a cocktail was invented is an elusive task, like trying to pin a particularly slippery olive at the bottom of your Martini glass with a cocktail stick. In much the same way you can visit virtually every old inn or hotel on the American East coast to be met…  [Continue Reading](   [The Black Aerialist Who Dazzled Gilded Age Paris](  [Miss_Lala_1880]( A diminutive Black woman hung upside down from a trapeze as two men pushed and shoved a 200 pound cannon to the center of the circus ring. She grasped a chain on the cannon and hung it on a hook held between her teeth. At a signal, she was hoisted aloft. The audience watched with…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DXCIX)](  [Великдень / Easter]( 1. Easter Egg Museum, Ukraine  [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](.