Walden Cabin: Observations typed on an old Underwood

Tuesday, December 04, 2001

New York, New York!
My step-father, Rod Nicholson, is a perceptive guy. I called him on my cell phone on Sunday from Manhattan to share what a fantastic time I was having in the Big Apple. In 48 hours I had been to some great clubs, taken in some of the main sights like Times Square and Radio City Music Hall, been to an Off Broadway play (Underneath the Lintel), attended a "Canada Loves New York" rally that included Blue Rodeo, Cirque du Soleil and other great Canadian acts ... I was feeling great!

"I thought you were a cynic about all stuff American," he said. And he was right. I have been kinda critical of the US, and even dismissive. Now, I wanna move there.

I guess it could have felt more like home because there were 20,000 Canadians in town for the rally, and I managed to see Jane Siberry (my new hero) twice in one day -- once at the rally, and again that night at a club in Soho. (I had arrived late for her performance and didn't realize until half-way through the show I was sitting next to Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo, and the rest of the band -- cool guys!)

Maybe Rod sensed my enthusiasm because I had just left a two-hour gospel service on the edge of Harlem -- the most moving, welcoming, spirited church service I have ever attended. Picture 200 singing and clapping and praising Black Americans, a five-piece band and choir, a powerful gospel minister and one white guy -- me. "Let me hear ya say it, brothers and sisters: A-men!"

The New York welcome was incredible. And the confidence and peace people exhibited in the face of terror was inspiring. I'm sure there are more people afraid of a terror attack in Ottawa than there are in New York.

There's a gritty, powerful, intoxicating reality to New York City. I had but a tiny taste of it during my all-to-brief visit, but it was enough to make me want more. I left feeling more confident about American resilience in the face of threats and terror, and a little less cynical. Rod had that right.

>> Visit Jane Siberry on-line (http://www.sheeba.ca/)
>> Listen to a Jane Siberry music sample: Love Is Everything or Calling All Angels.
>> A review of Underneath the Lintel.
>> The Central Baptist Church of New York (link coming soon)

posted by Stuart Hickox | 7:48 PM



	Tuesday, December 04, 2001 New York, New York! My step-father, Rod Nicholson, is a perceptive guy. I called him on my cell phone on Sunday from Manhattan to share what a fantastic time I was having in the Big Apple. In 48 hours I had been to some great clubs, taken in some of the main sights like Times Square and Radio City Music Hall, been to an Off Broadway play (Underneath the Lintel), attended a "Canada Loves New York" rally that included Blue Rodeo, Cirque du Soleil and other great Canadian acts ... I was feeling great! "I thought you were a cynic about all stuff American," he said. And he was right. I have been kinda critical of the US, and even dismissive. Now, I wanna move there. I guess it could have felt more like home because there were 20,000 Canadians in town for the rally, and I managed to see Jane Siberry (my new hero) twice in one day -- once at the rally, and again that night at a club in Soho. (I had arrived late for her performance and didn't realize until half-way through the show I was sitting next to Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo, and the rest of the band -- cool guys!) Maybe Rod sensed my enthusiasm because I had just left a two-hour gospel service on the edge of Harlem -- the most moving, welcoming, spirited church service I have ever attended. Picture 200 singing and clapping and praising Black Americans, a five-piece band and choir, a powerful gospel minister and one white guy -- me. "Let me hear ya say it, brothers and sisters: A-men!" The New York welcome was incredible. And the confidence and peace people exhibited in the face of terror was inspiring. I'm sure there are more people afraid of a terror attack in Ottawa than there are in New York. There's a gritty, powerful, intoxicating reality to New York City. I had but a tiny taste of it during my all-to-brief visit, but it was enough to make me want more. I left feeling more confident about American resilience in the face of threats and terror, and a little less cynical. Rod had that right. >> Visit Jane Siberry on-line (http://www.sheeba.ca/) >> Listen to a Jane Siberry music sample: Love Is Everything or Calling All Angels. >> A review of Underneath the Lintel. >> The Central Baptist Church of New York (link coming soon) posted by Stuart Hickox \| 7:48 PM				(12.04.2001) Start spreadin' the news. I want to be a part of it, New York, New York! (11.19.2001) Walden Cabin 1996 See the photos. (11.13.2001) Lowell and Sharon's first house in Calgary. See the photos. Updated - September 12, 2001 Head for the Hills of Prince Edward Island Walden Cabin >> "I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, to front the essential facts of life and to see if I could learn what they had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Walden; Or Life in the Woods (08.21) Walden Cabin is a publishing creation of Accolade Intermedia, an Ottawa-based communications company that specializes in content-rich Web products. www.accolade.ca >>
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