Anaïs Nin’s Los Angeles Hideaway Still Keeps Her Secrets

Shrouded by the pines of Silver Lake, the erotic writer’s minimalist, midcentury residence is a lasting monument to her life and legacy.

Among many writers, there’s a commonly held belief that a desk must be organized, an office must be tidy, an entire home must be cleaned, before one can finally sit down and fill the empty pages before them. One can’t help but think of such habits — the physical manifestation of routine and discipline — when visiting the completely preserved home of the midcentury French American eroticist Anaïs Nin, who died at 73 in 1977 in Los Angeles.

- NY Times

 

VIN ET PORNO : ACCORDS PARFAITS DE LA CAVE À L’ÉCRAN

Siroter un petit verre de vin tout en appréciant son porno favori, c’est tout un art. Du goût du blanc au rouge rond ambiance levrette claquée, pour mettre une fessée à tes papilles, autant s’adresser aux experts du milieu. Le Tag Parfait s’est tourné vers sa caviste préférée, Sand, pour associer parfaitement les goûts et les couleurs (de vin). L’objectif ? En prendre plein les yeux, et la bouche !

- Le Tag Parfait

 

The Ancient, Female Origins of Booze

Beer, sake, and a certain flowery wine had their start as women’s work.

<< You are the one who soaks the malt in a jar,

The waves rise, the waves fall.

Ninkasi, you are the one who soaks the malt in a jar,

The waves rise, the waves fall >>

This stanza, written down on a piece of clay in 1800 BC, is part of a curious hymn: part song, part recipe. Ninkasi was the Sumerian goddess of beer, and this song is also the first recorded beer recipe.

- Atlas Obscura

The Most Metal Moment Ever

Vintage Photos Of Ugly Restaurants From The Mid-20th Century

The 1950s was a truly unique moment in time. Fresh out of World War II, the world – and North America in particular – were embracing prosperity and a strong economy, built and spurred on by the war. More and more people were able to access the finer things in life in the 1950s. The times were also a period of conflict – and therefore, of thought and reinvention.

- Design You Trust

 

Cultivons l’érotisme

Allez, osons. Quoi de mieux pour contrer la grisaille (la glaciation !) ambiante, relâcher un peu la tension (et la polarisation) de ce mois de février mollo aux airs de marmotte que de se concentrer enfin sur nos plus bas instincts. Rien que pour vous (et nous !), décortiquons l’érotisme, ce langage à la fois unique, culturel et subjectif, à la limite indéfinissable, évanescent et terriblement excitant.

- La Presse

 

The Tao of Wee Man

His world was radically altered by “Jackass.” But now, Jason Acuña has harnessed his fame to live the life of his dreams.

- NY Times

 

Photos that capture the dark, seedy underbelly of 1960s Hamburg

Wedged on Hamburg’s infamous Reeperbahn, in the thick of the city’s Red Light District, Cafe Lehmitz once stood as a raucous, no-frills dive bar. Surrounded by over 25 brothels, open around the clock, it was a late-night playground for local working people; home to a family of misfits. “The music was good,” Anders Petersen says softly. “The people were very kind… It was a very special place.” 

- Dazed

 

People Tell Us About Their Dating App Nightmares

We asked a bunch of people to recount their creepiest, weirdest and worst dating app nightmares. May their experiences serve as a reminder that while social media is a toxic, troll-filled space, dating apps may sometimes just be worse. 

Or, you know, reassure you that it’s okay to run into a couple of weirdos as you swipe your way to true love. Some of the names have been changed upon request because these folks requested privacy while delving into their sex lives and their weird, weird dates.

- Vice

 

The Spine Collector

For years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? Or a complete waste of time?

On the morning of March 1, 2017, Catherine Mörk and Linda Altrov Berg were in the offices of Norstedts, a book publisher in Sweden, when they received an unusual email. A colleague in Venice was asking for a top-secret document: the unpublished manuscript of the forth-coming fifth book in Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” series. The books, which follow hacker detective Lisbeth Salander, have sold more than 100 million copies. David Lagercrantz, another Swedish writer, had taken over the series after Larsson’s death, and his latest — The Man Who Chased His Shadow — was expected to be one of the publishing events of the year.

- Vulture

 

The Boys Who Ran Away from Home on a 747

In “Nothing to Declare,” two friends reminisce about stowing away on an international flight when they were just kids, and how parenting has changed since the nineteen-eighties.

- The New Yorker

 

50 Things You Probably Never Knew Existed Shared By “Yup That Exists” Instagram Page

If you ever feel like you’ve seen it all, done it all, bought it all, then you clearly haven’t spent enough time on the internet. We might spend way more time online than your average Panda, but even we get surprised by some of the things we stumble across.

- Bored Panda

         

The Complicated, Controversial History of "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

Once a piece of art is released into the world, people are free to debate its meaning and merits until the end of time. This is especially true if the work in question is a holiday song that pops back into the public consciousness each December. If the song is “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”—a ’40s-era American standard that some modern listeners hear as a misogynistic depiction of sexual misconduct—it’s cause for an annual barrage of controversies, radio bans, and think pieces.

- mentalfloss