Posted on 05/29/2018 6:40:59 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
It started with money, as it so often does in New York. A crisp $100 bill slipped across the smooth surface of the mid-century-inspired concierge desk at 11 Howard, the sleek new boutique hotel in Soho. Looking up, Neffatari Davis, the 25-year-old concierge, who goes by Neff, was surprised to see the cash had come from a young woman who seemed to be around her age. She had a heart-shaped face and pouty lips surrounded by a wild tangle of red hair, her eyes framed by incongruously chunky black glasses that Neff, an aspiring cinematographer with an eye for detail, identified as Céline. She was looking, she said in an accent that sounded European, for the best food in Soho.
Whats your name? Neff asked, after the girl waved off her suggestions of Carbone and the Mercer Kitchen and settled on the Butchers Daughter.
Anna Delvey, said the young woman. Shed be staying at the hotel for a month, she went on, which Neff also found surprising: Usually it was only celebrities who came for such long stretches. But Neff checked the system, and there it was. Delvey was booked into a Howard Deluxe, one of the hotels midrange options, about $400 a night, with ceramic sculptures on the walls and oversize windows looking onto the bustling streets of Soho. It was February 18, 2017.
Thanks, said Delvey. See you around.
That turned out to be a promise. Over the next few weeks, Delvey stopped by often to ask Neffs advice, slipping her $100 each time. Neff would wax on about how Mr. Purple was totally washed and Vandal was for hipsters, while Delveys eyes would flit around behind her glasses. Eventually, Neff realized: Delvey already knew all the cool places to go
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he has a twin! I was corrected last week on my reading/ viewing material choices. ( I am going to aitch-eee-double toothpicks)
Later
Grow up. You dilettantes should stick to watching Oprah and stop pretending you’re interested in news. Because this tripe isn’t news. FR has a venue for tripe. It’s called “chat.” Got it?
Sheesh. This place has gone downhill lately.
Are you humblegunner with a new name?
If it were about a businessperson who swindled a bunch of rich people out of a bit of money with ponzi schemes and false investments would it be worthy to post here?
Reading it reminds me of Mr. Abagnale, and the movie “Catch Me If You Can”...
Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical crime film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Jeff Nathanson. The film is based on the life of Frank Abagnale, who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. His primary crime was check fraud; he became so experienced that the FBI eventually turned to him for help in catching other checking forgers. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, and Nathalie Baye in supporting roles.
[Reading it reminds me of Mr. Abagnale, and the movie Catch Me If You Can...]
Yes! A cross between Holly Golightly and Frank Abagnale.
Someone is planning on the movie rights....
Who could play the 'wannabe socialite' in the movie of her life
My vote goes to Mischa Barton. My wife loved her work in The OC, which fizzled after she left the production. And she has that vulnerable look the others are lacking.
The problem with making a movie about it is hollyweird will probably muck it up. The girl was average in appearance at best but I'm sure some cute thing will be cast and they will probably throw in some sex scenes and violence to cater to the low brow crowd.
I think the average looks of Anna Sorokin worked in her favor as a grifter.
That’s easy... she looks like an overweight Gwyneth Paltrow to me. First person I thought of when I saw this picture.
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