Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of CBST Looks Back
by Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Rabbi Kleinbaum serves as the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah and is regarded as one of the most important rabbis in America. The national Jewish weekly,...
View ArticleArmistead Maupin on Mrs. Madrigal and Chelsea Pines
Armistead Maupin is the author of nine novels, including the six-volume Tales of the City series, Maybe the Moon, The Night Listener, Michael Tolliver Lives, and, most recently, Mary Ann in Autumn....
View ArticleMichael Adams on SAGE and the Legacy of Ken Dawson
by Michael Adams Michael Adams is the Executive Director of SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders). SAGE is the oldest and largest organization in the country providing services and advocacy...
View ArticleTom Viola: Positively 14th Street
by Tom Viola Tom Viola is the executive director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), the nation’s leading industry-based not-for-profit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization. In...
View ArticleFay Jacobs: Chelsea Pines, Prom and Mame. We’ll Always Be Bosom Buddies!
by Fay Jacobs Fay is the author of author of three hilarious memoirs about lesbian life, politics and her beloved hometown Rehoboth Beach DE. She is the Publisher and Managing Editor of A&M Books,...
View ArticleA Guest’s Journey: Chelsea Pines and New York Provide Balance
by Jeanne Barrett Jeanne Barrett is a devoted guest of Chelsea Pines Inn. She was born and spent her childhood in Seattle, but grew up in all the most essential ways in NYC. She has been a teacher of...
View ArticleChelsea Pines, Spartacus and New York: A Great Relationship Begins in the ’80′s
Briand Bedford-Eichler is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Spartacus. He lives in Berlin and visited Chelsea Pines Inn for the first time 23 years ago. His recollection is shared below in English and...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, George Nader! Who’s George Nader, you ask…
This week marked what would have been the 90th birthday of actor/author George Nader (October 21, 1921-February 4, 2002), whose Hollywood career never approached the fame of his lifelong friend, Rock...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Rock Hudson!
From the mid-1950s and for the next 20 years, Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was probably the most famous (and for some of that time, the most popular) movie star in the world....
View ArticleHey, Trekkies! It’s Captain Pike’s Birthday!
We are very fortunate that many of our guests are repeat customers, or have read about the hotel’s “theme” online, and will often ask, “Whose room am I in?” For those of you who have been with us...
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