Tourist Of The Week

I thought perhaps one tourist in February was an anomaly, but now there is even more evidence that tourist season is starting early this year.  Lucky for us travel blogging is all the rage.

Interestingly, Claudia was inspired to visit the Hotel Chelsea by reading Sarah Vowell's book, Take the Cannolli.  Claudia, of course, receives a warm greeting upon arrival.  I arrived late. The few steps I had to take from the subway station to the hotel, along with the long flights and airplane food, must have made me look somewhere in between hoplessly cold and dead beat tired. As I walk to the reception desk, I see two middle aged men there listening to Aerosmith's "Walk this way" which was playing on a radio and following the rythm by ways of a very discreet headbanging.  They finally notice me and say "Hey! You've made it!". Which is nice, considering they had never seen me before :-)  She has tons of interior photos in her Flickr group.