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  • Vali Myers, “Witch of Positano” Remembered in New Memoir

    Gianni Menichetti lived for 30 years with the Australian artist, witch and free-spirit Vali Myers in her mountainous retreat in Positano Italy.  While Vali painted and worked her magic in a specially designed cage with her pet fox, Foxy, Gianni roamed the town looking for food to feed their huge pack of dogs and goats…

  • The New Lost Generation in New York

    A life-long New Yorker writes in to lament the current state of things at the Chelsea, and in New York.  Unlike some of us, however, he believes he’s found a silver lining. Ed, Somewhere between the many letters you must recieve from those abroad that are concerned with the current conditions and the uncomfortable chatter…

  • BDs Incompetence Costs The Chelsea Another Customer

    Here’s what happened when Kelly (who we wrote about last week) tried to book a room. I wanted to let you know that i’ve been toying with the idea of staying still…so i decided to call and try to make reservations today…notice i say try.  i called the number provided on the website and was…

  • Keeping The Dream Alive, One Friend at a Time

    i’ve been planning my first trip to new york for what seems like forever. i live in dallas, and am a music hound. i’ve done research, reading, etc. on the chelsea…i’ve always known when i finally make it to new york….this is where i would stay. picking up on a lot of negative press though,…

  • A Concerned Reader Writes:

    I have lived in Chelsea for the past 11 years and have always wondered about the situation in the Chelsea Hotel. Do they still allow people to live there or is it as overpriced as everywhere else in the city. My friend used to work in the the 303 hair salon and I went to…

  • Watch Your Back BD

         It looks like, while you were sleeping, Vikram Chatwal bought the Covenant House building right behind your Maritime Hotel.   Now, come 2008 or so, you won’t have the only nautical-themed hotel in New York, or even in the meat packing district for that matter.   This has got to hurt, as there must be…

  • Don’t Take A Cheap Buy-Out

    Just to give you an example of what this hotel has come to under BD management, the other day I was walking through the lobby, which was filled with the usual crew of lobby-sitters, when a tourist walking past me said, “What are all these weirdos doing in here?”  BD is filling this place up…

  • A Beachbum Out of Water

    According to the New York Times, commenters are the new blog stars.  Damn, and we thought we were the stars! Anyway, this gives us an excuse to take a look at some of the comments left at Gawker when they linked to "Meet the Man Behind the Memos," which has become, unexpectedly, quite a popular…

  • BD Hotels Lose a Loyal Chelsea Customer

    A formerly loyal customer and lover of the Chelsea writes: I recently stayed at the Chelsea for the first time since the management change.  I’ve stayed at the Chelsea multiple times over the past five years and cherish the eclectic nature of the establishment and it pains me too see the state of affairs today. …

  • Stanley Bard Drops By to Check Out the Show

    On Thursday, Stanley Bard former Managing Dir. stopped by the book launch for Linda Troeller’s “Chelsea Hotel Atmosphere – An Artist’s Memoir”.  There’s still time to check out Linda’s show at the Chelsea Hotel in room 914 during the POOL art fair on Sept 28th and 29th. For more about the book visit www.lindatroeller.com.