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  • Book Reviews

    The July/August issue of The Atlantic Montly features book reviews by Chelsea resident Sally Singer.  (How does she do it? Mother of three, fashion director at Vogue and now book reviews.) A portion of the reviews can be read online. Singer has selected an interesting array of books focusing on "morally vacuous women."   Two of…

  • Tracing A Life

    If you passed through the lobby of the Chelsea Sunday evening and saw a tall, raven-haired woman, dressed in a white tee shirt, white petticoat skirt, white tights and silver Mary Janes rapidly banging on the keyboard of a portable typewriter you may have thought to yourself, is the hotel paying her to create atmosphere. …

  • They’re Back!

    Sally Singer and Joe O’Neill moved from the hotel to Brooklyn, but that didn’t last long.  Within a year they were back in the Chelsea with their three kids in tow.  "Some people leave because of the mice, some people leave because of the roaches, and some people leave because of the people in the…

  • Daniel Smith Loves New York

    Writer Daniel Green Smith answers 5 questions.  The hotel is where Smith started work on his second book, "I was hoping to get divine inspiration, instead I got a huge bill for motorcycle parking, but I love New York…"What do you do?I am a writer. When did you stay at the Chelsea?I stayed at the…

  • Bad Writing

    Everybody is a critic. Passages from Ethan Hawke’s two novels were featured during a recent literary series highlighting bad writing. Maybe they all have a point.

  • Unless something newsworthy happens I’m not going to post over the weekend.  I have to catch up on my reading.  I have two non-Chelsea related titles at the top my list.  First up is Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters, which has received acclaim in Great Britain.  I visited several independent bookstores in Manhattan…

  • JOHN STEINBECK’s first book wasn’t that good, you know?

    Excerpted from the Daily News.  Actor-turned-author ETHAN HAWKE refuses to let the critics’ unkind words about his first two novels dampen his spirits as he works on his third literary offering. The 34-year-old tells the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, "JOHN STEINBECK’s first book wasn’t that good, you know?    "I don’t think it’s up to…

  • Sparkle Hayter

    A former resident was gracious enough to launch the 5 questions feature.  For the interview the artist will be known as WTP. 1. What do you do? I work in the arts.2. How long have you lived in the Chelsea? I lived there for almost nine years from 1992-2001.3. What made you decide to move…

  • The hotel has roaches.  As noted by a recent writer/guest, Kim Addonizio.  I am so shocked.  Did she think this was a normal hotel?  Didn’t she know it is a bohemian theme hotel.  What would the bohemian experience be without roaches. Greater writers than Addinoizio have noticed the roaches. Upon arriving at the Chelsea, Dylan…