At least 100,000 people knew where the action was in Manhattan on Tuesday night: central park. This was the last free concert of the season on the great lawn of central park – and the NYC Philharmonic brought down the house & brought in the crowds.
Nice shot Smack!
Unlike the free concert over the weekend where 60,000 Bon Jovi fans clutched tickets & waited in forever lines to go through security body scans, shed backpacks and recycle water bottles before gaining their limited entrance to the park, this event was free and wide open for public enjoyment. And locals don’t mess around. Picnic blankets, lawn chairs, picnic basket backpacks are dug out of storage rooms and joined with brie, wine, champagne, grapes, sushi, deli delectables and the likes. Last year we learned the trick to find your friends on the great lawn: balloons. So we learned our lesson – C picked up an Elmo & a yellow smilie on his way home from work — and though the cell towers were crowded, Kelly + Dave + their long-lost friend, Marty + Natasha + their stranded friend managed to find their ways to our blanket where much merriment and listening enjoyment was made.
And what goes better after a philharmonic concert in central park then Fireworks!
YAY for NYC living. This is one benefit C & I will never forget — just being to walk outside our apartment, take a right & walk about a half-block into central park. In fact, at the aforementioned Bon Jovi concert, C & I realized we when we returned to our apartment that we could just open the windows and listen to the live serenade (which the city mixed with sounds of buses, passerby’s, and other rich city sounds).
Oops … almost forgot, anyone want a candy red grand piano?
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We are so glad you get to experience these things you enjoy. Sitting on the ground with 100,000 other people doesn’t exactly fit my category of “enjoyable”; but Hey! whatever floats your boat! I was wondering, were you the only ones with balloons to locate yourselves for your friends?
Mom R
Oh no .. we were NOT the only ones with marker balloons. We were surrounded by Tweety Birds, big Lips, big balloon bunches in different colors, another Elmo .. and even a Converse Sneaker balloon .. and that was just what I remember seeing around our area of the field. Certainly more people did not have them, but we learned this tip from others when we went last year. In fact, we heard other people in blankets near us using our balloon markers to help their friends navigate to their blankets too!
oh ginny, it’s SOOOO nice. So nice. Room to breathe, and it’s not horrible exhaust — and the parks are really really nice. It’s also always a treat to show up and see what new little “screw this into the ground and knit your own taco shell” concoction bex and Rad have put on the blanket. and they always bring cheese.
reallly — is there anything better?
Yes, Smack, I have to admit that a “few” years back I would have enjoyed this experience, too. However, now, at the age of 70 with severe arthritis, it takes a bit of jogging my memory to remember how it was when I was your ages!
Ginny