One Afternoon...

I took this with my phone late one afternoon at the Chelsea. This is one of those parts of the hotel that just mesmerizes me. *Well, the whole place does* There are these places at the end of the hall where there will be two or three concrete steps that lead up to a window. Usually outside the window is a wrought iron fire escape. When there's rain coming down, especially a cold rain, it drips off the chipped paint on the railings and looks like something melting, or as if there are tears coming from somewhere far away. The strange thing, too, is the blue light that shines in from the cloudy outdoors. One October I was staying there and one of the windows was raised just a little. It was raining that night, too. The hallway was so warm, but coming in through that window was the icy air of an Autumn night in NYC.

I can't wait to go back.