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 favourite 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 topiaries]( or 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](.  And do you know about California’s best kept secret? [A century old subterranean garden](. But who’s got it better than the Easter bunny? Consider the [Curious Career of Living as a Real-Life Garden Gnome](. Stay curious,  PS. To anyone who has tried to reach us this week: If you sent an email or a [Concierge]( message to us in the last 72 hours and didn’t hear back, we were having an issue with our email inbox that blocked any emails from coming through but the issue has been fixed so please do send your message again, apologies for the inconvenience! [Nessy]   [Let’s Window Shop for French Fairytale Homes Again](  [469069434d12e01fae948d64082247b8]( I’m in that mood again. Is there ever a bad time to go window shopping for French fairytale homes? The allure 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…  [Continue Reading](   [A Shipwrecked Sailor’s Guide to Castaway Depots](  [Snares_Hut-768x522]( Get your sea legs ready, we’re setting sail for the bygone days of wild seafaring in search of a little-known piece of nautical history: the castaway depot. Also known as castaway huts, castaway depots were small shelters strategically placed on isolated islands by governments or maritime organisations and equipped with basic supplies and tools to…  [Continue Reading](   [Her Apprenticeship with Le Corbusier Didn’t Go Quite as He Expected](  [tumblr_5c18f1ba806a710ac0c5acf14858818e_b0a421d3_2048]( “We don’t embroider cushions here,” said the man considered as the most important architect of the modern age, during his first encounter with Charlotte Perriand. She wanted to work for Le Corbusier, a name synonymous with those dramatically new brutal concrete buildings, rejecting the past, promising a utopian future. He would take some convincing to hire Perriand,…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCXLIII)](  [1680281140722-l1070476]( 1. The Japanese Subculture Where People Wear Giant Cyclops Masks  [Continue Reading](   [Sex, Lies, and LSD: The CIA’s Untold Story of Operation Midnight Climax](  [lsd1]( Did you ever hear the one about the CIA-employed sex workers who were trained to drug, bed and interrogate unsuspecting American citizens while they were unwittingly tripping on LSD as government agents secretly watched? You’d think you’d remember a story like that but Operation Midnight Climax has conveniently evaded the public consciousness for decades. We’re…  [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](.