Where Would You Throw an Impromptu, Perhaps Illegal, Dinner Party?
Photo from AntyDiluvian on Flickr
The New York Times had a funny story today about people who throw spontaneous dinner parties in public spaces. They spotlighted one instance on the Brooklyn Bridge, complete with a wooden card table for the jars of iced tea and Manchego cheese wedges. The story immediately had me thinking about public spaces across the country—where would I like to throw a dinner party? Even if it wasn't allowed?
The Golden Gate Bridge immediately comes to mind, as does the pitcher's mound at Yankee Stadium. Or there's always the north rim of the Grand Canyon. In your wildest dreams, where are you throwing a dinner party with family and friends?
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25 Comments:
Wow! It would definitely be on the beach in Kaanapali, Maui. Oh yeah!
izatryt at 8:58PM on 07/31/08
the white house lawn.
ceforrester at 9:11PM on 07/31/08
The oval office
Observation deck of the Empire State Building
The inner sanctum of the Masjid al-Haram mosque
In one of those small parks in the middle of Park Avenue
OneEyedMan at 9:32PM on 07/31/08
I've always wanted to host a party at Alcatraz!
partysugar at 9:33PM on 07/31/08
i'll go ahead and say it...the moon.
mikemcl55 at 10:33PM on 07/31/08
how about MOMA, in front of a dali or a picasso?
pksmash at 10:33PM on 07/31/08
The grid of a theatre... nevermind my dislike of heights, I still think it would be cool!
pbisNOTmyname at 12:02AM on 08/01/08
Mount Rushmore--not sure which presidential head or facial feature would work best. I remember a scene from a movie that showed a tunnel in one of the eyes and I thought what a cool place to hang.
Oh, and ever since I was a kid and learned that the word mesa was synonomous with table, I've wanted to set a cloth on a mesa top and have a picnic.
wookie at 12:11AM on 08/01/08
The Jurassic period, underwater, or in the Safeway freezer behind the milk racks.
nireih at 4:54AM on 08/01/08
The Eiffel Tower would be my first choice.
bobcatsteph3 at 6:08AM on 08/01/08
I, too, thought of the Golden Gate Bridge. However, if you've ever been there you know that a cold, wild wind screams across that thing day and night. You'd have to safety pin your napkin to your snow suit and serve only cold foods because hot foods would be cold before you could get the first bite to your blue lips.
There is a reception area near the top of the Transamerica Pyramid, but that's not a public space. Hmmmm. I think perhaps the Dome at the Palace of Fine Arts would be nice, provided you had outdoor space heaters and a lot of Sterno.
San Francisco, lovely as she is, just isn't usually a great place for dining al fresco.
Calichef at 6:50AM on 08/01/08
eiffer tour - paris
the colosseum - rome
Andreea at 8:17AM on 08/01/08
The Great Wall.
If anyone has ever been the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, THAT would be an amazing place.
Also, what about the inside of an Egyptian pyramid?
emcmil at 8:24AM on 08/01/08
In Chicago: under that weird silver bean thing in the park
The steps of the art museum would also be nice.
Other possibilities include the shadow of the Picasso 'horse' and the interior of the Chagal sculpture.
beano at 8:27AM on 08/01/08
I was going to say the Library of Congress, but found that they do allow people to have dinners and events there.
So...the Statue of Liberty would be my second choice.
holdthemayo at 10:09AM on 08/01/08
Fallingwater (the Frank Lloyd Wright house) - I know they do have meals there but I'm fantasizing about one that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
The shelf you can tour through behind Niagra Falls.
(I'm in a water mood today apparently)
graciecat at 11:18AM on 08/01/08
I think a Mexican potluck party in the Sistine Chapel would be a nice coup.
sarahbeam at 11:32AM on 08/01/08
In the redwood forest, though I'm sure you could at least picnic there without a problem. On a pier along the Pacific would be nice. Or at the top of a lighthouse (not while it's on, though).
OneWallKitchen at 11:34AM on 08/01/08
(if only we could edit our comments - Niagara Falls ... d'oh!)
Also, the Sydney Opera House :-)
graciecat at 11:48AM on 08/01/08
friends of mine threw a brunch - complete with proper silverware, wine glasses, cloth napkins and tablecloth, on the williamsburg bridge in nyc last january (it was a freak 60 degrees). everything tasted better outdoors... even when adventure dining on a bridge, civility is paramount!
fleet_eater at 11:52AM on 08/01/08
Time Square? I'd like to go there some day anyway
hungrychristel at 11:57AM on 08/01/08
Center ice, MSG.
Barbara Hanson at 12:05PM on 08/01/08
at the edge of the North rim of the Grand Canyon.
Nonny at 12:26PM on 08/01/08
Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence. It's one bridge down from the Ponte Vecchio and has these little triange struts over the side that you'd never know about if you weren't really looking. My roommates and I took a couple of bottles of wine out there one night this past May, the last week before we came back to the States. It's incredibly gorgeous -- you can watch the sun go down and the city slowly light up, the kayakers in the Arno River and the people walking along the bridge proper.
I miss Italy =(
kfarrel3 at 12:46PM on 08/01/08
Center ice at the Shark Tank in San Jose...BYOC (bring your own coat). Preferably NOT during a game (ducking from those pucks would interfere with my wine drinking).
hkydiva at 2:23PM on 08/01/08