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  • Begging for Change at the Chelsea Hotel

    Noted advocate Robert Egger, the founder of DC Central Kitchen and author of "Begging for Change," was recently a guest at the Hotel Chelsea. He had this to say about the hotel on his blog, "but I was staying at the Chelsea Hotel on my recent romp through NYC… it’s a real creative hole in…

  • Hotel Bloggers — Much Ado About Nothing

    Over at USA Today’s Hotel HotSheets blog, they point to the increasing number of corporate hotel blogs. Ever vigilant in following our competition, here are a couple of blogs that USA Today missed — Hooters in Las Vegas and Isle of Eriska, a Scottish hotel.  Apparently we need to increase the number of stories that…

  • My Name Is Earl At The Chelsea

    I was coming into the hotel the other day, when who should I run into checking in at the front desk but that Earl guy from "My Name is Earl."  I nodded to him, and then I stood there waiting for the elevator, but I noticed that that Earl guy kept staring at me.  What,…

  • All Tomorrow’s Parties – April 17 – 23

    Monday, April 17, 8:00 pm Celebrate National Poetry Month and the 50th Anniversary of Allen Ginsberg’s epic poem "Howl" with Mark Doty, Ann Douglas, Margo Jefferson, Philip Lopate, Rick Moody, and Jason Shinder.Miller Theatre, Columbia University, 2960 Broadway NY NY Tuesday, April 18, 10:30 p.m.Susanne Bartsch & Kenny Kenny invite you to celebrate at Happy…

  • A Lesson For This Sunday

    Click here to hear Derek Walcott read "A Lesson For This Sunday."  Walcott, for those of you who are out of the poetry loop, has received numerous awards and honors for his work including the Nobel Prize for Literature.  He’s also a former resident of the Hotel Chelsea.  If you’re in the Pittsburgh area mark…

  • An Unrepenant Chelseaphile

    It was last Spring when we first met Robert and for a while it seemed like he was going to be one of those tourists who just never leaves.  And in a sense, he hasn’t left. He’s over in Australia blogging for the love of the Chelsea.  Except for the occasional party that lasted until…

  • Come On Over Jen — We Could Use Some More Bloggers Around Here

    Jen Chung, the editor of Gothamist, has always dreamed of living at the Chelsea.  Well we wish she would move in too and then we would do a big blog merger — underwritten by Stanley Bard of course!    (Ooops, wrong Jen. Again, that’s what happens when you blog under the influence.  Here’s Jen Carlson…

  • William Burroughs’ Cabin For Sale And It Includes The Original Outhouse Too!

    If you can’t get a permanent room at the Chelsea, don’t kill yourself yet.  William Burroughs’ old cabin in Kansas is for sale on E-Bay.  Its been surrounded with wooden decks and in every other possible way yuppified, and would no doubt be unrecognizable to Burroughs today.  But at least it still has the basement…

  • Are You Or Are You Not The Hotel Chelsea?

    The world over, the Chelsea Hotel has become the gold standard for luxury hotel accommodations.  Or else, the standard for something a bit less reputable.  In New York Magazine, we read of a Paris hotel: “If you like mingling with the eccentric regulars at the Chelsea Hotel, You’ll love the Hotel Costes.”  And in the…

  • The Easter Nest

    One Easter Sunday morning my girlfriend and I were walking along the Hudson River.  Recently they’ve been cleaning up the waterfront, planting trees and grass, attempting to turn it into one long park, so you can walk or bike all the way around Manhattan Island without having to go out into the city.  They’ve gotten…