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anneporter wrote:I and my friend Barbara will also be at the Beacon, Thurs, Fri, Sat. nights. Going to Emmylou on the 20th! Tickets still available...

Hi anneporter! I am so impressed....we have even MORE Canadians coming to the concert! And it seems lots of us (er, not all Canadians) are staying at the Hotel Beacon. Look forward to meeting you. Unfortunately I have to leave on the 20th but would have loved to be at the Emmylou concert. Enjoy...you are so lucky!

Hi,
I'm relatively new to this forum, although I have been a longtime fan and I have been playing the picture game. My husband and I will be at the concert and are staying in a studio at the Woogo on 73rd. We were not put off by the funny name and it is a bargain. We enjoyed our trip to Halifax to see Leonard last May. The audience seemed to be full of extremely devoted fans and I can't imagine how intense an experience this will be with an audience dedicated to obsessed fans. The Halifax concert was a love fest. We so enjoyed going to Canada to see him. It is what the States used to be before it got wrecked by strip malls, sub divisions and McMansions.
Hope to meet up,
Pam

Diana,
I am exquisitely aware of the good fortune that has come my way.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Anne

From what I'm reading here, it seems to me that the Pre-/Post-Meetup[s] is organically going to be at the Beacon. Any lounge facilities there to make it official?


~ Lizzy

I just called The Hotel Beacon, they don't have a bar. I believe they said there is a diner right next-door, open until about 1am. There's a near by bar on 72nd street, O'hurley....there's a 24 hour diner on the corner of 77th and Broadway called Manhattan Diner. That's all I found out.

I'll more than likely be alone on the 18th, although a friend may show up...if anyone wants to meet on the night of the 18th, let me know!

After the show, I like the idea of meeting up in front of the stage...I think it's a nice place to gather, from there we could venture out, remember it's going to be cold. Or if it's difficult to get to the front of the stage, head to the lobby of the Hotel Beacon...

Just some ideas!

Denise

Hi everyone,

Thanks Denise for doing some checking in the area. I keep waiting to see if someone who is really familiar with NY will come up with a suggestion for a meet-up post concert. The Beacon is out as I'm sure they wouldn't want all of us crowded in their lobby. That Irish bar/pub might be an idea and I like your idea of meeting by the stage before heading out. However, let's give it another week or so as I really think someone will suggest the perfect spot as I think there may be quite a few folks involved.

All the best, Diana

If you're looking for a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker, Lightning would be the one. Perhaps, she'll offer some ideas . Hey, Lightning .

Meanwhile, you've covered our bases for sure, Denise. Good on you for a great job !


~ Lizzy

Hi,
I'm pretty new to the forum, and haven't posted much. I live in NY and am incredibly thrilled to have tickets. It's amazing that so many people are coming from so many different places. The neighborhood around the Beacon is great: a residential neighborhood: apartment buildings, restaurants, stores: buses right there and the subway a couple of blocks on either side. The Manhattan Diner is a really good idea for a meeting place, I think, because it claims to be 24 hours: I just called them and they confirmed. (I just called a Greek bistro across the road that we really like, but they close around 11/11:30, and I suspect most places will be the same.) I don't know if I'll be able to make it , because I'll be coming to the concert with my 12 year old daughter (who sang Everybody Knows a capella at her school talent show last year).

sue7,
Thanks for the tip about the diner. I had heard through the grapevine that it might be a good place.
Congratulations on the proper bringing-up of your daughter. My own (now 24-year-old) daughter gave her grade 5 teacher a box of chocolates and a long-stemmed rose after learning that she was a fellow Cohenite.

And in grade 7, she and her friend rewrote the words to Humbled in Love, after being forced to listen it all their lives by their respective mothers.
Here's to the transgenerational transmission of Cohenism!
Anne

Reading postings like Sue's and Anne's is so encouraging and heartwarming. It's so essential that Leonard's music carry on through the generations. We all [or at least most of us] have known its absolute sustenance during difficult, unbearable, and tragic times; and its uplifting nature and all that it offers with inspiration on our varying paths of personal and spiritual growth. So, every young person who embraces it is like a gold nugget to me. They are the bridges to the future. Invaluable. Such great stories, both of yours . Thanks for sharing them.


~ Lizzy

Thanks to Jarkko and another lovely Forum member, I was finally able to get two (great) tickets to the New York show. I'll be going with my daughter Lisa, who's been listening to Leonard since she was a tiny girl (and by choice since her early twenties) Staying at On The Ave hotel, I believe it's only a couple of blocks from the Beacon Theatre. We won't be at the VIP reception, but hope to join the meet up after the show. So I'll keep checking this thread. Looking forward to meeting you all, and to seeing you Lizzy again, soon!

Hi Imaginary Friend!

I am SO glad that you and your daughter can attend the concert! Wow, all the way from Vancouver! My parents lived in Victoria for many many years until their passing but I am completely in love with that whole area of BC. So beautiful and lush, and Vancouver is so multi-cultural and sophisticated. Too bad about the reception BUT I think some wonderful arrangements will be made for a meet-up post concert. Actually, Jarkko mentioned that originally so I think they may have something in the works.

Looking forward to meeting so many of Leonard's fans!

All the best, Diana

ps...and yet another example of passing on the torch, so to speak, to the next generation! Leonard's music will continue to forever touch our souls....no matter what age!

Thanks, Anne and Imaginary Friend, for sharing your daughter stories, and thanks, Lizzy, for your kind words. I so much hope that my daughter chooses to listen to Leonard when she's older. And you're right, this music has brought me through so much despair, not about myself but about the world, in the last six years. I hope to get to meet some of you ... I feel like an excited child, waiting for this concert.

Hello everyone,

I am a New Yorker, and am very lucky to have gotten two pairs of tickets. Am going with two friends and my son. I went alone to Montreal in June for the first of the concerts there, a present to myself. And now with loved ones, it's too perfect. From what I'm reading, his energy and passion hasn't diminished as the tour goes on(and on and on...)

The Manhattan Diner is indeed open 24 hours(I work crazy hours in a nearby hospital and have been known to frequent the place at 4am for breakfast). Couple of other recommendations, depending on what people are wanting to do....The Candle Bar (a regular joint) is directly behind the Beacon Theater, on Amsterdam Ave between 74th and 75th Sts; but it is a small place, seats just at the bar itself, with a pool table in the back.(It's strictly a bar, no food I don't believe) If you're interested in a slightly pricy(for me, anyway...)but healthy place to eat(and drink) Josie's Restaurant(lots organic stuff) is on the corner of Amsterdam and 74th(across Amsterdam Ave from Candle Bar and across 74th St from one side of the Beacon Theater building; I recommend the pies with the vanilla soy ice cream)

Barbarita, NYC

barbarita wrote:Hello everyone,

The Manhattan Diner is indeed open 24 hours(I work crazy hours in a nearby hospital and have been known to frequent the place at 4am for breakfast). Couple of other recommendations, depending on what people are wanting to do....The Candle Bar (a regular joint) is directly behind the Beacon Theater, on Amsterdam Ave between 74th and 75th Sts; but it is a small place, seats just at the bar itself, with a pool table in the back.(It's strictly a bar, no food I don't believe) If you're interested in a slightly pricy(for me, anyway...)but healthy place to eat(and drink) Josie's Restaurant(lots organic stuff) is on the corner of Amsterdam and 74th(across Amsterdam Ave from Candle Bar and across 74th St from one side of the Beacon Theater building; I recommend the pies with the vanilla soy ice cream)

Barbarita, NYC

Hi Barbarita. Does the Westside Brewery still exist? That might be another option.