Table of contents for One Of A Kind Dinner
I feel a bit sheepish posting the title “Erotika Dinner” — twice, even — as it invites the expectation that I’m posting photos reminiscent of the 1989 Peter Greenaway film “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover”. Sorry to disappoint! (Great movie, by the way, but definitely not for everyone.) It was hardly an art house film night. Nor were there naked people feeding each other strawberries or oysters or anything like that — the only seafood on the menu was scallops. However, figs are supposed to be erotic, says the Vegetarian Society. (The page has a disclaimer: The Vegetarian Society can not be held responsible for the activities resulting from the consumption of these foods.) Figs baked in port were a part of our dessert.
But I wouldn’t be telling the whole story if I said the evening was just about food, though, it was so much more: the night included impromptu ballroom dance lessons and we were also serenaded by musicians on the guitar, violin, and Irish drums. I shot a bit of video, but the backlighting from the kitchen made the video completely dark. It would’ve been fine had it been silhouetted properly, but I uploaded a few clips, anyway… I put in a request for Jewish folk music, and Tatsu obliged me with this number:
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As for naming the dinner “Erotika”, I point my finger squarely at Lisa, who gets these fanciful ideas sometimes for dinner themes. She likes to get costumed and we like to eat, so any excuse will do. In fact, she’s got a hankering now for an “Avatar“-themed dinner party, but she can’t convince the chefs to make blue food. Fancy that.
I’ve got 57 photos from Sunday night, but only 22 photos and 4 videos are fully public (the rest can only be viewed by my Flickr contacts). The album is best viewed as a [full-screen slideshow] which autoplays video or just sit back and watch the photo slideshow below (doesn’t play videos):
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