A little walk in the park......

  
 








Last week the wife and I went to NYC for her annual "Lets Spend Everything You Have" weekend. I couldn't stand to watch her try and burn the magnetic strip from all our credit cards, so I took a walk in Central Park. These are some of the sights.  
 
It was a great long weekend. We went to dinner at Ruths Chris Steakhouse on Thursday night for a fantastic meal. Friday night, and friend of mine in the city hooked us up with great seats to see Jim Jeffries at Carolines. If you like your comedy rough and raunchy, this guy might be the best in world right now. Saturday we spent in Little Italy and dined al fresco on Mulberry Street. The wife really enjoyed that. Saturday night we had 12 row orchestra to see the play That Championship Season with Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Chris Noth and Jim Haffigan. Fantastic show followed by a late dinner at our favorite Mexican food place. I'm tired, broke, and my feet hurt.
 
 
Randy

Any time you can experience a little Fredrick Law Olmsted you should take the opportunity.

Linky?

Well, you may be poorer for the money, but looking at these, I'd say your soul is a bit richer, my friend.  Nothing like a day in Central Park. 

Were all those people playing in Central park?  That would be incredible!

Randy, I have 2 questions-
1. Where's Bapu?
2. Did you happen to ask the harpist how they got the harp into the park?

All the shots are good.  My favorite is the silhouette of the sax player.

 
Cool photos Randy, very evocative.
 
I love both the B&W images.

rsp@odyssey.net

Janet


Were all those people playing in Central park?  That would be incredible!

Yes Janet, they were. And on a weekday! It's more active on the weekends. All of them playing in different parts along the way. Most of them had there instrument cases open and accepting money. A few had CD's for sale. I'd stop and listen for a bit, and ask if I could take a few pics. I spoke with most of them for a little bit. A great way to spend an afternoon.
 
Randy

It does indeed sound like a great way to spend an afternoon.  Cool!

Great shots Randy. Sure enjoyed them all.
I think I saw that guy with the upright bass in the Buddy Holly story.

I believe it is an Erhu or something very similar, related or derivative.

Don't ask me how I know.

:-)

Looks like it was a great day in the park for sure.

UbiquitousBubba


Randy, it's probably a good thing you didn't pick up the Uhura (or whatever Mike said it was), and try to play it.  It might have become a new musical obsession.

Your wife might have had something to say about that.

Yeah, I had to throw myself out of Rudy's on 48th Street after I found myself playing a stunning Taylor G for an hour or so. Damn near pulled the trigger on it.
 
Randy

Rudy Pensa ! What a great guy ... What a shop. So did you vacate 48th steet at that point or hit any other shops there?

I guess things have changed so much now. I remember hanging out at Manny's as a kid and just reading all the autographed picture that I was tall enough to see. Then I would go next door to Sam-Ash's and purchase strings and picks ( the little stuff was cheaper at Sam's ). I remember when Rudy's place opened for business. We would go in on an off-day when it wasn't really busy and Rudy would spend some time talking guitars. He also had a repair shop around the corner on 7th as I recall.  Those were some great times as a kid!

I didn't recognize the song he was playing, but it was an awesome sound he got out of that thing.

Yeah, I love the park much more now than how it was back in the 80's. There used to be areas such as the Ramble that unless you were looking for trouble, you had to steer clear of. Now it all seems nice.


Randy