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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