Charlie Huston is the author of Caught Stealing and the recently released Six Bad Things. Since Charlie had the bad guys in Caught Stealing stop in the Chelsea for a visit, I asked him for his favorite Chelsea story.
Why did you decide to have your bad guys visit the Chelsea?
First off, the Chelsea has all this great punk cache. It's hard to create a fictional place that's going to evoke Warhol, The Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen, Sid Vicious and so on. So why bother trying? Also, I'm sure the security is all very up to date these days, but it still feels like a wild west kind of place. The kind of place where a couple desperados on the run could hole up. Short answer: the Chelsea is cool.
Have you ever stayed at the Chelsea?
I've never stayed at the Chelsea. I've really only been inside once or twice. One of those occasions was to meet the man who officiated at my wedding. He's a J.O.P. and a close friend of my father in law. He and his wife were in town a month before our wedding and my wife and I picked him up at the Chelsea. We took him out and got a little lit. He and his wife are pretty bohemian and had always wanted to stay at the Chelsea. Mission accomplished.
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