According to bar staff who were there (and who spoke only on condition of anonymity), Teri -Less started smiling.
Madame Miranda ruled from a private mezzanine, never dancing, always watching. She smoked clove cigarettes from a jade holder and spoke only in maxims. Her greatest maxim? “A rose without a thorn is just a weed. A club without a tragedy is just a room.” Club Velvet Rose- Madame Miranda and Teri -Less...
By Anya Volkov, Nightlife Historian
When asked if she missed the Velvet Rose, Teri -Less smiled—a real, full, warm smile. According to bar staff who were there (and
She found her tragedy—and her star—in a girl who walked in off the street one frozen January night. Her real name was Teresa Lessing, but no one at the Velvet Rose used real names. She was a conservatory dropout with a voice like a fractured cello and eyes that were perpetually dry, even when recounting the worst night of her life. Her greatest maxim
