Bon Jovi

Was awesome.

A more detailed report to come.

****More Detailed Report ****

His surprised me with two tickets the Bon Jovi concert in Central Park because he is a great guy, and, well, I love Bon Jovi! Crossroads is one of the all time great road trip CD's. Ah, hair bands. Their well-penned philosophy on life and love truly inspired a generation. Okay, maybe not but when a steel-horse riding cowboy tells you its "[His] Life", well, you listen. Unless you want to go "Down in a Blaze of Glory". Okay, I think that's it for the Bon Jovi song references.

Concerts in Central Park don't happen all that often, mostly because the Parks Department wants to keep the Great Lawn intact. Previous acts have included Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Simon and Garfunkle, and Garth Brooks. So it is kind of a big deal to get tickets to the concert. His did good.

It was reported on the news (okay, it was gothamist.com but that is as good as the news in NYC) that people were lining up the night before in order to get the good seats in the Park. Seating was on a first-come basis. We got in line at 11:30 am, the concert was to start at 8:00 pm.

The line wasn't bad. We were number 737 in line. We met a couple from Long Island in front of us, and a family from New Jersey behind us. Come to think of it everybody there was from New Jersey or Long Island --- I've never been surrounded by worse accents in my life. But we made friends with our line mates and before we knew it 2:00 came and they were starting to let people into the park. We made our way through miles of barricades and security only to stand behind another gate that wasn't open. And then that gate opened and the race was on. It was a mad-dash of big haired jersyites sprinting across what was once a beautiful lawn in Central Park. I took the heavy bag and sent His on his way with the towels to claim a spot. I bet this is how the land grabs in Oklahoma worked too.

We got a great spot and by the time the concert started we were about 15 yards from the stage. Bon Jovi was great. Although Jon is a bit of a spaz, he really is high energy. And they sang nothing but hits for two hours (the concert had to end at 10 sharp). The coolest part was to see the crowd behind us projected up onto the big screen, it was such a cool sight.

The concert ended and the crowd dispersed really quickly, leaving the remnants of Jersey behind them. His and I tried to stay out of the way and let the crowd thin out before we started heading out. It was a gorgeous evening and the moon was shinning of the Manhattan skyline. The PA system was playing "New York, New York". So we danced. in central park. under the moon.