Bird in the Baroness's boudoir -- A weird Mishbocho -- Battlefield dispatches: from the front lines and the home front -- New world order: the rise of midcentury modernism -- Nica's dream: the birth of the jazz baroness -- Monk and the Baroness each find a home -- Beyond the five spot: midcentury modernism goes mainstream -- The sixties: the best of times, the worst of times -- Chez Nica: the cathouse years -- The legend lives on.