Live show extravaganza at Barrio
Some weeks ago I had a great time having dinner at Barrio, a mixed Mexican restaurant in Bellevue. It was dessert time when something called my attention: the secret about the unemployment rate decreasing in the US.
Barrio has a whole decorating wall just close to the bar. All the wall looks like a matrix where all the cells are supposed to be lamp filled. And that´s true, but what you cannot imagine is that every single lamp is manually turned on (and off!).
On a daily basis, a guy carrying a huge ladder walk through the whole lounge and stops by the wall. If your head can dribble the ladder attack, you can attend the show: he climbs the ladder (several times), and patiently removes the lamp shade to bring the lighter closer to the oil lamp. He puts the shade on and goes to the next one. And so on. All of them.
And then, the must be turned off.
What about a switch and some wires?
Tags: bellevue, extravaganza
Posted on February 17th, 2010 at 1:21 am
Actually, the idea having candles or lamps in a grid-like wall must seem aesthetically pleasing to the eye in this closed environment. If the room were dimly lit, I can imagine it giving it a sense of serenity; perhaps creating a metaphoric visual to church candles or a monastery (if that’s what they were going for):
http://bit.ly/cS7s9u
But as for ‘ladder-dude’, I hear what you are saying! I also thought of that: what about breaking-down jobs to create small, menial jobs like this that could probably help our local economy get out of this unemployment rut?
The trouble is, I hope they are paying this person a decent wage. Otherwise, I would feel for the guy that does this job. I mean, what does he put on his C.V: I am a professional ‘candle-lighter’ at a restaurant? Are there other candle-lit restaurant walls in Bellevue that can pay me more? Can I perhaps get a job in a movie theater if they go back to lighting the marquees with candles like in the old days? (I am not being facetious, I am merely speculating here).
Anyway, instead of switch and wires -if the guy decides to up and leave the restaurant- maybe the managers should travel to Jerusalem and ask over there about the secret to keeping lamps lit for more than a day (like in Hanukkah, get it?) : )
Posted on February 20th, 2010 at 12:45 am
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