Her salon contributed largely to her fame, as did the Parisian decor of her house, the fact that she always wore white, the cakes she served on Fridays which were reputed to be the best in Paris, her morning rides on horseback in the Bois de Boulogne, and her garden temple to Eros where, in the moonlight, pairs of lesbians danced. Barney was most famous for her sexual voracity; she made conquests whenever she had a spare moment. Continue reading →