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  • LIKE APPLE PIE

    There’s a large, shady garden on top of the Hotel Chelsea, complete with flowers, bushes, and fully grown trees, one of which has taken root in the roof itself, sending its roots down into the apartment below.  The garden is surrounded by a brick wall, insulating this idyllic retreat from the swelter and commotion of…

  • All Tomorrow’s Parties: June 26 – July 2, 2006

    Monday, June 26, 8:00 – 3:00 p.m.After all of that marching yesterday you may be in the mood for a message.  Check your clothes, grab a cocktail, and give or get a message.  It happens each and every Monday.Serena’s in the basement of the Hotel Chelsea, 222 W. 23rd St., NY NY Tuesday, June 27,…

  • Chelsea Hotel News Roundup

    Time to round up the news. Victor Bockris tells us why Keith Richards climbed a palm tree. David Remfry was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts at a General Assembly meeting of Royal Academicians on 2 June 2006. Bailey Bartsch Barton makes it into Michael Musto’s Village Voice column. Sally Singer comments…

  • Herbert Gentry at the Parish Gallery

    For those of us who weren’t able to make the opening of  "Six of Six," a group show which features five paintings by Herbert Gentry, Washington D.C. photographer and blog reader, Elvert Barnes, has come to our rescue.  Upon learning about the exhibit, he stopped by the Parish Gallery and took a few photos of…

  • Storme Delarverié Takes To The Stage Again

               June is Gay Pride month.  In New York, as in cities across the country, gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals, and their friends will be marching in support of tolerance and diversity.  It was in this spirit that my girlfriend and I attended Kings and Queens of New York City: A Drag…

  • Eileen Myles Stops By The Chelsea

    Eileen Myles is the author of numerous books, including our favorite, "Chelsea Girls."  The title story in the book begins with the narrator going on a date with her girlfriend and ends with her enjoying a steamy romp here at the Hotel Chelsea with a waitress she met that evening.  Luckily, she only has to…

  • Foosing at the Chelsea

    When we’re not busy blogging Bohemia, our room becomes a frat boy bar.  The skull on the foosball table belongs to Thomas Wolfe. We found it in the basement along with his size 13 shoes. Julia Calfee has been photographing the Chelsea residents over the past three years.  We’re hoping we look weird and edgy…

  • All Tomorrow’s Parties: June 19 – 25, 2006

    Tuesday, June 20, 10:30 p.m. Susanne Bartsch and Kenny Kenny invite you to Happy Valley Tuesdays.  DJ Larry Tee. Show: Daisy Spurs. Hosts: Sophia Lamar, Miranda Moondust, Theodora and Amanda Lepore.14 East 27th St., NY NY Wednesday, June 21, 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. "SIX of SIX," Parish Gallerys 15th year anniversary exhibition, is a group…

  • FATHER’S DAY by George Chemeche

    FATHER’S DAY My father is a hard-boiled soldier. He adores battles, strives for medals, fights in the Gulf and in Babylonia. He prizes bombshells, gathers explosive memorabilia. My father loves my mother. My mother is a blond bombshell: memorable and dynamite. in pictures and flesh. She is the talk of Astoria. Copyright, George Chemeche 2006…

  • Robert Shaw Adds His Two Cents

    Hearty congratulations on your well deserved write up in the NYT.  I was glad to see the ambiguity as to whether Sid was the stabber of Nancy included, it really is very hard to conclude that it was him with any certainty.  I started writing on it but I couldn’t bear the Sid & Nancy…