Have you ever been to a party on the roof of a multi-story hotel, or any building come to that? You have? Okay, did it have a beach with lapping waves and warm sand – and maybe a shark fin cruising the shallows? Admit it, you haven’t. Between 7 and 11pm, (SLT) on Saturday September…
Author: Noowun Wind
Woodstock is 50 years old! Tribute and Celebration
There aren’t many things that can keep one happily glued to the computer for hours on end but the Woodstock Celebration Festival on 17 Aug at Chelsea did just that. The purpose-built stage was set in a gently sloping amphitheater just a short walk from the magnificent Hotel Chelsea, with speakers set up on a…
Woodstock is Coming to Chelsea!
August 17, 2021, 1 pm until 10pm SLT Yes! Some of the finest musicians on the grid are coming together August 17th, starting at 1 PM SLT, to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of what is arguably the most well-known concert event in history. The music starts at 1 PM SLT on booze-day, schmooze-day Tuesday, August…
Discovering the virtual Hotel Chelsea
Wandering through Second Life I chanced upon the virtual Hotel Chelsea and was immediately impressed with the scale of building, the quality of the build, it’s myriad rooms, and simple but imposing presence. (Since then I have compared some details of the real life Chelsea Hotel in New York City with this replica and find…
An Introduction to the Virtual Galleries of Hotel Chelsea
Every story has a beginning…. The virtual Hotel Chelsea can be looked at as a continuation of what had begun in a section of Manhattan many years ago. Painters, sculptors, writers, photographers and musicians began to gravitate to the area surrounding the hotel, and to the hotel itself. What the virtual Chelsea has done is…