April in Paris, Chestnuts in Blossom

Apr 23

Years of Plenty Memoirist Élisabeth de Gramont, born this day in 1875 April 23 is the birthday Élisabeth de Gramont was forced to share with William Shakespeare, and as far as I can tell, she never held it against him. Today is Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, Lily’s 139th. What’s an age gap of 311 years to

114 Years Ago Today in Paris

Apr 30

April 30, 1909: a daughter of France was coming over. Miss Barney gathered the plover’s eggs and put the Château Yquem on ice, betting on another comet year.