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Dinner In The Sky
Dinner in the Sky is a Belgian-based novelty restaurant service which uses a crane (machine), crane to hoist its diners, table, and waiting staff into the air. ''Forbes magazine, Forbes'' magazine called it one of the world's ten most unusual restaurants. Dinner in the Sky has mobile services available in 60 nations, and has operations in various cities including Paris and Las Vegas. History In 2007, David Ghysels, the owner of a marketing and communications company, partnered with Stefan Kerkhofs, a bungee jumping organizer, to create an aerial-based dinner for the Jeunes Restaurateurs d'Europe association. Shortly afterwards, Ghysels and Kerkhofs began receiving telephone calls from people around the world who wished to replicate their aerial dinner concept; the two men subsequently chose to franchise their idea. Ghysels said, "People were getting bored with just going to the same old restaurants." In 2008, Las Vegas resident Michael Hinden and his wife Janeen discovered Din ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinner In The Sky 2012 Vilnius, Lithuania
Dinner usually refers to what is in many Western cultures the largest and most formal meal of the day, which is eaten in the evening. Historically, the largest meal used to be eaten around noon, midday, and called dinner. Especially among the elite, it gradually migrated to later in the day over the 16th to 19th centuries. The word has different meanings depending on culture, and may mean a meal of any size eaten at any time of day. In particular, it is still sometimes used for a meal at noon or in the early afternoon on special occasions, such as a Christmas dinner. In hot climates, the main meal is more likely to be eaten in the evening, after the temperature has fallen. Etymology The word is from the Old French () ''disner'', meaning "dine", from the stem of Gallo-Romance ''desjunare'' ("to break one's fast"), from Latin ''dis-'' (which indicates the opposite of an action) + Late Latin ''ieiunare'' ("to fast"), from Latin ''ieiunus'' ("fasting, hungry"). The Romanian langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
