Today is the 98th anniversary of Billie Holiday’s birth. Do yourself a favor and listen to a few of her songs today.
Image: “Jazz singer Billie Holiday performing in Esquire Jam Session at Metropolitan Opera House,” photograph by Gjon Mili for LIFE, 1944.
My latest post on Now Smell This is a “Top Ten” list of the fragrances I’ve been wearing most often this spring. You can read it here.
I hardly ever take a cab, but I was riding in one a few days ago, passing through an area of Manhattan that I rarely visit, and it stopped at a red light in front of a Manhattan Mini Storage location.
Manhattan Mini Storage’s ads often make me laugh, but I’ve never seen this one before. Here’s a close-up:
If this warning doesn’t inspire a bout of spring cleaning, I don’t know what will. Only in New York, kids—because you either get it or you don’t.
S-T-A-U-N-C-H!
Images: Manhattan Mini Storage photos by Tinsel Creation. Little Edie photographed by Tom Wargacki, January 8, 1972, via Gettyimages.
After our recent visit to Newport, Rhode Island, my husband and I spent a couple of days in nearby Providence. Providence is a very different place from Newport, but it’s just as interesting in its own way.
We walked everywhere, starting downtown where the Woonasquatucket River is crossed by multiple bridges and lined with a pedestrian walkway.
My husband and I just spent a long weekend in Rhode Island. It was our first “real” vacation in a while, and it may seem an odd choice for a getaway, but it has so many things that we both enjoy: history, art, old city streets, scenic views, good food, and (for me, at least) a little bit of shopping.
TINSEL CREATION 