13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol.773)

1. Lovely letter writing prompts from a lovely stationary shop

Here’s the shop, Assembly of Text in Vancouver. Found via Present & Correct.

2. A Museum to cross an ocean for

The Museum of Innocence, created by Orhan Pamuk, is a small museum of Istanbul made up of carefully assembled installations which describes the memories and meanings associated with the objects from daily life described in the author’s eponymous novel. Pamuk conceived of the novel and the museum simultaneously from the very beginning, in the 1990s. The novel was published in 2008, while the museum opened in 2012. The Museum Of Innocence is both the museum of a fiction, and a little museum of “Istanbul Life” in the second half of the 20th century.

And if you can’t cross an ocean, you can visit it virtually and continue to explore here.

3. It’s time to start training for France’s Annual Wine Tasters Marathon

Wine-tasting isn’t something most people would associate with running, but one marathon proves that they can go hand-in-hand. The Marathon du Medoc route takes thirsty runners through Bordeaux’s vineyards and châteaux. As well as the usual water stations, runners can pick up high-calorie snacks – foie gras, cheese, oysters – and sample the region’s wines en route.

Start training for the September 5th Marathon du Medoc in Bordeaux, France.

4. What lies beneath the Palace of Versailles

5. An Art Nouveau Hector Guimard Apartment in Paris came on the market

Inside Castel Béranger, one of Paris’s great Art Nouveau buildings, a restored 635 ft² apartment has come to market with Sotheby’s for €1,198,000.

6. A West Village Tenement that Looks like a Victorian Tenement (also for sale)

Love this little detail. Click play button above to open the peephole! Found on Curbed.

7. This weird and wonderful website for playing around with visual media inspiration

Try out Brik.Space. A recommendation from Swiss Miss.

8. The 1960s Batman Nightclub

In 1966 if you happened to reside in the Bay Area of San Francisco you were in for a treat as Wayne Manor opened with dancers dressed as Catwoman and Bat Girl and the whole place done out like the Bat Cave. Originally the club owner Joe Lewis had set it up as a Whisky-a-Go-Go franchise but for one reason or other it didn’t work out and in 1966 prompted by a suggestion from his 11 year old son Garth, a massive fan of the DC Comics Batman series, he re-launched it as Wayne Manor. 

Found on SF Gate.

9. 1950s Huffy Radio Bike (and why don’t they make these anymore?)

Found on Nostalgic.net.

 10. A Bicycle Pageant, 1948

Found in the Life Archives.

11. A pub in a Tree

The Sunland Baobab is one of the most famous baobab trees (and there is something awesome hiding inside of it). It’s located in South Africa in the Limpopo Province and is known for being one of the largest and oldest baobabs. It’s so big across, you could fit a bar inside. … So someone did.

The bar was created in 1933 and is located on a farm owned by the Van Heerden family.

Found on Wikipedia.

12. Les Halles, Paris’s Historic Market, Before Destruction, they turned it into a ski slope

13. I went to see this movie in Paris last night, made by a reader of this blog

Jethro Massey walked into my shop last week and told me about his movie, which he said was partly inspired by some articles he’d read right here on my blog. His film was rejected by Cannes and yet won a prize at the Venice Film Festival. I loved it, and not because I recognised so many stories in its. For a film that so beautifully and imaginatively showcases Paris, I couldn’t understand why he’s been unable to find proper distribution for the film, save for a few special screenings. I highly recommend this singular film, and if you’re in a position to help its distribution, do get in touch!