http://cultureby.com/2007/07/raos.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cultureby.com/2007/07/raos.html/comment-page-1#comment-2775 jens Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:57:15 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=450#comment-2775 lovely post. - lots of life, lots of energy. it suits grant the observer to become part of the action. - like it suits frank pellegrino to be both actor and observer. the success of places like rao's lies in the fact that restaurants when they become both stage and xyz (how do you call that place in a theater where the audience sits?) work so perfectly as metaphor for the times that we are living in right now. its all about acting -- 24/7 -- everybody is observer and actor at the very same time -- all of the time. the interior design of restaurants has been capitalizing on this for the past 15 years -- but only if you have the right impresario (wiki: "Figuratively, it refers to anyone who flamboyantly takes a leading role in organizing or orchestrating something intended to entertain an audience...") you can see the world unfold before your very eyes. the right impresario is both forgiving and provocative. he integrates and excludes in an intuitive, ever changing and highly artistic way. you can never be certain if he will grace you with some extra privileges and attention, and you can never be certain that he will not. dynamically balancing -- orchestrating -- public (or semi-public) places both with attitude and empathy -- and preferably with everything at the same time -- is a rare gift and it has become one of the most enjoyed features of life in our young century. lovely post. – lots of life, lots of energy. it suits grant the observer to become part of the action. – like it suits frank pellegrino to be both actor and observer.
the success of places like rao’s lies in the fact that restaurants when they become both stage and xyz (how do you call that place in a theater where the audience sits?) work so perfectly as metaphor for the times that we are living in right now. its all about acting — 24/7 — everybody is observer and actor at the very same time — all of the time.
the interior design of restaurants has been capitalizing on this for the past 15 years — but only if you have the right impresario (wiki: “Figuratively, it refers to anyone who flamboyantly takes a leading role in organizing or orchestrating something intended to entertain an audience…”) you can see the world unfold before your very eyes.
the right impresario is both forgiving and provocative. he integrates and excludes in an intuitive, ever changing and highly artistic way. you can never be certain if he will grace you with some extra privileges and attention, and you can never be certain that he will not.
dynamically balancing — orchestrating — public (or semi-public) places both with attitude and empathy — and preferably with everything at the same time — is a rare gift and it has become one of the most enjoyed features of life in our young century.

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