doesn't she live in ny? why was she staying at the bowery?
She lives in brooklyn. She needed to be in manhattan to attend Met Gala so she used the hotel i think. And people stay at a hotel in manhattan sometimes for some refreshment which is called "staycation" even if they have an apartment and live in manhattan. I do the same thing here in Tokyo.

She lives in the East Village now. But, yeah, it's quite common. And the Bowery is really nice. I don't blame her.