Central Park

Today was a beautiful beautiful day so Rel & I decided to go up and check out central park. I forgot how just amazing it was. This might have been because the last time I was there, I was like 8, but I digress. It was full of people, but since Central park is like 450 acres, it didn't make it crowded at all. Usually I see these people with their business suit or looking tired in the morning walking their kid to school, but today they were laying around in the grass with their husband and teaching their son how to ride a bike (I actually saw that last one & it was great!). It was like heaven. I don't mean that as a trite phrase, but whenever I imagine heaven, I see everyone kind of hanging out, but for some reason everyone has great skin and wears white robes that aren't flattering. Well Central Park was just like that. except people wear awesome clothes and some people don't have great skin. and there are crazy homeless people.
Anyway, the park was amazing, really. We walked through half of the park (like the Great Lawn & the South End). We walked through woods which really reminded me of the Nature Center in Ohio (which I haven't been to in eons, but i still can imagine it b/c its a pretty awesome place). And there were paths of people running, riding horses, roller blading, riding bikes, and a few older couples just walking along together. how ADORABLE. Everyone had a dog & they were all wonderful dogs. Not like annoying ones that lay in purses, but the kind that love central park as much as I do. And then there were just like field and fields of people enjoying the sun.
On our million mile walk through the park, we heard this jazz combo and stopped and listened. They weren't all that good. Okay, they were pretty bad, but their outfits were killer, and we knew what tune they were playing, so it was worth out time. There was an ice cream stand close by which specialized in boring generic ice cream. However, it was delicous, and it made the jazz music ever so much better. I loved it. The whole thing just seemed very random and ever so central park-y. Which translates into being AWESOME.
After our the jazz session in the park, we start to hear this dance music playing. Obviously we follow, and we find a crowd watching all of these crazy crazy people skating and dancing around on roller skates/blades in the middle of the park. Little did I know that this was an event provided by the Central Park Dance Skaters Association. THATS RIGHT. Theres a whole association for what I witnessed. Some of them were just amazing. This one guy like bent down and just skated on one skate. Another one balanced a few water bottels on his head. One guy with way cool dreds was such a bad ass skater. That woman in the white shirt was a fucking riot. I couldn't believe I was witnessing these people doing this. I felt like it was a dream because it was so bizaar.
I watched this little boy ride a bike alone for the first time. I felt like I should write a coming of age essay based on this and my wonderfully fabulous day in central park.