Strawberry Fields, NYC: Stop #2 on the Zaner Tri-State Celebration Tour

September 19, 2021

Hello everyone! I'm a bit behind keeping you all up to date of the Tri-State Zaner Celebration Tour! We've just completed Scheduled Stop #3, but let me catch you up on Scheduled Stop#2 first.

Yesterday, a group of us gathered at Strawberry Fields in Central Park in NYC. For anyone that's not aware, this is where the John Lennon Memorial and the famous Imagine mosaic is. John &Yoko (and Sean) live(d) in the Dakota Building adjacent to the park entrance to Strawberry Fields. This has always been a deep and meaningful place for me and Zane. We've witnessed two proposals here, celebrated the life of George Harrison when he passed in 2001 and had countless other cool experiences here with Zane over the two decades I had with him. I knew I had to make this an important stop on the Zaner Celebration Tour.

Since it's a popular spot in the park, we had a more private dedication to Zane a short distance from the mosaic, with our private performer @JeffRoxx (IG). A group of us gathered, lighting a candle, listening to Jeff play, me saying a few words and leaving some of Zane's ashes there under a beautiful tree just a few feet away from the Imagine Mosaic.

Once finished there, we came back to the mosaic for some pictures. While there, Julia, a longtime school mate of Zane's, spoke to a pretty young lady who was typing out personal poetry for donations. I was unaware of this, so IMAGINE my surprise when Julia presented to me a poem freshly written just for Zane! Read it in the photos below! You'll cry! It's just beautiful!

There was a girl named Holly there who saw that we we having a memorial dedication, so she took a little Polaroid for us on the fly. She wanted to know about Zane and while talking to her, our crowd grew and I was telling strangers of all types about my beautiful Zaner. I was hugged by these beautiful people and the whole experience was magic. Thanks Zaner! You're touching lives always. I also think you enjoyed this time with others as well. #CloudSkaterZaner

A big thanks to our friends who made it to the celebration and a couple others who met me in NYC over the two days I was there.