Concert in the Park

Con and I were fortunate to be among the 67,500 fans who flocked to Central Park's great lawn last night for a free concert by Jersey's 2nd greatest band, Bon Jovi (sorry, Jon, Bruce is still #1).

As we checked into our hotel, we heard the line to get into the park was 20 city blocks long. So, we headed to the Rock Center Cafe, for a leisurely dinner and around seven o'clock, we headed to the park. Contrary to the scene five hours earlier, we breezed through security with a half hour till show time. The park was divided into east and west side tickets with three sections on each side. We were in the third section on the west side.

Con decided the show would be much more enjoyable from the front section so, taking me by the hand, he walked up to security at entrance to the second section. Much to the amazement of on-lookers, the officer moved the barricade aside and waived us though. The same happened at the next section and we found ourselves about 100 feet from the stage, where we enjoyed the remainder of the show.

Afterwards, we headed over to the Whiskey A Go Go for martinis. I once again witnessed the power of Con, as we were ushered in the VIP entrance, by-passing the long line of hopefuls waiting on the sidewalk.