Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   I come bearing gifts on this post-Thanksgiving Friday! We're back with another episode from our New Web Series, [Don't be a Tourist in Paris!]( Before you tuck in, this is the second episode, which means you should probably go back and watch Episode 1 if you haven't already seen it. Or just watch it after. I'm not fussy. For today's line-up, your faithful purveyor of Paris unknown will take you to a [suburban Paris ghost town where we discover an unlikely bookshop and an abandoned chateau](. Oh and before you go, I wanted to share with you what I said I’m grateful for at this year’s Thanksgiving table: Well...YOU of course! I can honestly say that I am so grateful to each and every one of you. Your kindness and trust in me means the world and by being a part of this community, you allow me to do what I love. The fact that you tune in each week for 13 Things and Weekend Conversation Starters is everything. So to show my appreciation for your ongoing support for this community, expect a very special token of my appreciation in your inbox with your 13 Things on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend friends ([and enjoy the show](), With love from Paris, [Nessy]   [Don’t be a Tourist, Episode 2: Parisian Ghost Town](  [parisianghosttown](  And we’re back with another episode from our new web series, Don’t be a Tourist in Paris. Before you tuck in, this is the second episode, which means you should probably go back and watch Episode 1 if you haven’t already seen it. Or just watch it after. I’m not fussy.  [Continue Reading](   [Behind the Barbed Wire Mansion of a Fallen City’s Millionaire Row](  [IMG_2116 copy](  The once ornate staircase that leads to the crumbling mansion, is cracked and falling apart. The old, sculpted gardens have been over run with weeds, surrounded by fences of razor sharp barbed wire. Its once grand spires and turrets overlook a landscape of forbidding housing projects and the desolate lots of one of America’s most…  [Continue Reading](   [A Thanksgiving Compendium of Go Big or Go Home](  [vintage_exaggearting_post_cards_151114_0](  Are you ready to eat your weight in stuffing and sweet potato? Sure, there’s the big fat turkey, but isn’t the test of a true Thanksgiving chef really about who can roast their yams to perfection and convert any brussels sprout skeptic with their secret recipe passed down for generations? While the big bird gets…  [Continue Reading](   [America’s Last Snake-handling Cults](  [Oscar Hutton](  I wandered into the weird part of the internet again this morning, through the doors of a snake-handling church in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, to be specific. I stumbled upon a peculiar documentary from 1977, an in-depth portrait of a snake cult that exists still to this day, in a tiny unincorporated community…  [Continue Reading](   [Discovering the Real African Queen](  [549475_237415009690243_1497588818_n](  Key Largo! For lovers of all things nostalgic, the name of this small, charming island off the coast of Florida, brings to mind hard-boiled, 1940s film noir……Bogart and Bacall. Whilst on a recent trip exploring the Keys, your stateside correspondent came across something quite remarkable – and entirely suited to the golden age of Hollywood.…  [Continue Reading](   [A Counterfeit Dreamland Lost](  [haik9](  When I share a new photographer’s (or anyone’s) work on this blog, I guess the ultimate hope is that they might get in contact one day with the news that they just had a sold out show or scored a publishing deal for their own book. Well recently, that hope finally became a reality when…  [Continue Reading](  Interested in Becoming a MessyNessyAmbassador? [Get Your Ambassador Link And Start Sharing!](    [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [Blog]( [To ready 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](.