Concerts in the park just scream summer don't they? I've just been so busy this summer that it's gone by and I had yet to go to a single one! Thanks to the folks at Bryant Park, who hooked me and my friend Jana up with VIP seats to the last concert of the
Bryant Park Fall Fest via a
Twitter contest, I now feel my summer is closer to being complete.
We arrived at the lawn at about ten minutes until six, just in time to take our seats WAY in front of everyone else who had to get there an hour or so early to snag the best regular people seats, and we found a cute little paper bag full of goodies to satisfy us through the concert. You know it was classy because we got the cute little carrots you only find in fine French restaurants and a glass of red wine.
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| Our classy array of fruits, cheese and the fancy carrots. |
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| I had fun with the fruit. |
The food was courtesy of
Bryant Park Grill, which bakes THE best chocolate chip cookies ever. Honestly, you think you've had a chocolate chip cookie, until you've had one of theirs. I'd highly recommend the experience.
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| Jana posing with the AWESOME cookies. |
After the initial culinary excitement passed, the sun faded and the show began. We had the pleasure of listening to the
Orchestra of St. Luke's: Baroque and Romantic chamber music by the Grammy-winning ensemble. Now, I've never been one for classical music. It could be that I never played an instrument (barring a huge effort at guitar) or that I just don't know that much about what there is to appreciate. But there was something about listening to the three pieces by this orchestra that tugged at me and made me really embrace the emotion in the music. I left feeling the same way as I do after a wonderful yoga class and I could not have been happier.
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| The Orchestra of St. Luke's |
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| Behind us, the heads of the audience under a beautiful sliver of sunset |
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