Florida

  • 21 Oct 2011 at 12:17 PM

Financial Adviser’s Wife Will Remain In Zuccotti Park Giving Out Free Hugs “Forever”

By Bess Levin

One question that people having been asking since the occupation of Zuccotti Park lasted longer than a weekend is, how long? How much longer, ballpark, will the Wall Street protesters stay camped out? Will the December chill drive them out? Will a January filled with sleet and snow that a certain someone will conveniently forget to remove do it? According to Stacey Hessler, not on her watch. The Florida resident, mother of four, and wife of a financial services employee named Curtis says she’s gotten comfortable.

“I’m not planning on going home,” an unapologetic Stacey Hessler, 38, told The Post yesterday. “I have no idea what the future holds, but I’m here indefinitely. Forever,” said Hessler, whose home in DeLand sits 911 miles from the tarp she’s been sleeping under.

And sorry, she’s not sorry. For those giving Stacey shit (her mom, husband, children, strangers), if you think she can just walk away, think again. Her place is here, in New York, with her new roommate, at the empathy table. Continue reading »

  • 14 Dec 2009 at 3:24 PM

Spotted: Ruth Madoff Getting Her Tan On

By Bess Levin

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Hey DB–
I am in Jupiter, Florida and am sitting 20 feet from Ruth Madoff at the pool. She’s wearing a strapless brown, black and white bathing suit. Has a book and drink on the table next to her but has been focusing on frying for the last hour. She looks pretty good– am thinking about asking if she needs help re-applying suntan lotion.

*That pic is of Lady MacMadoff in better days, not this afternoon, though it sounds like things are looking up.