Onward and…

Last night we went to see Jazz at Dizzy’s Club and I cried through three straight songs. 

I cried because it was Fleur Suele’s first performance at this acclaimed club. Her big debut.

Because I know Fleur from seeing her perform at Tavern on the Green one beautiful summer evening with some great company. Outdoor seating, perfect weather, beautiful music. An iconic restaurant in my favorite park.

Because when I first moved to NYC I would exercise in the park at night and hear the parties at Tavern through the bushes. At the time they had some of the gigantic animal topiaries made for Edward Scissorhands displayed in the garden. The trees were adorned with fairy lights. Everything seemed magical. I wondered who the people inside celebrating were and how they came to be there.

Because on the east side of Tavern on the Green, on the bridle path, were three tall wooden pillars. They were likely there to prevent cars from entering the path but they looked more like something you could tie your horse to. That summer (before Tavern officially closed) I approached one of the pillars – it measured somewhere between my waist and my chest. I had an incredible urge to pull myself up and stand on it. I should say – balance on it. It was very narrow.

Because I decided that by the end of the summer I would be able to do this. I would train every day and make it happen. I didn’t know that Parkour was “a thing” then, but I was doing this sort of thing on my own. I would practice until I had the arm strength, the core strength, the leg strength, and the balance to do it. It had been years since I had consistently exercised.

Because I did it by the end of the evening. 

And then I was watching the party from four feet higher, on one leg, covered in sweat and dirt, wishing I had a glass of that champagne.

Ten years later, my new hip is finally ready for me to climb impossible things again. Fleur Suele has graduated to Dizzy’s. Tavern on the Green has since reopened. I have been on the other side of those bushes, bubbly in hand.  

Last night we went to see Jazz at Dizzy’s Club and I cried through three straight songs.

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