Ambient Light

Here at Bistro by the Sea each table is adorned with a white tablecloth, white bread plate, white linens and the appropriate silverware. It also holds one saltshaker and one pepper. The finishing touch is a small candle with a little bit of sand and sea shells in the bottom, nothing fancy but elegant just the same.

As hostess it is my job to light, refill, and clean these candles; I have been taught to treat them as my own. With as much love as I have for these candles on the scale of “FU” to “terribly important” I would mentally file it as “seriously?”

If your candle is missing from the table or happens to extinguished itself please don’t fret. I feel if you need an almost microscopic flame to set the mood for you at dinner, you should seek marital counseling. If you are not dining with your significant other, then why are you complaining? Do you think its more important than receiving your drinks or food? Do you think I carry a lighter in my non-existent pockets? Perhaps in my cleavage? Maybe you think I am talented enough to light your candle as well as balance 8 drinks in my other hand? I am begging you what difference does this 3 inch jar make?

I would also like to clarify they are just candles. It is not a terrarium and I know this because I filled them myself. Really, it’s seashells, sand and a candle. Why are you fighting with me about this? No, it is not a lantern; I have already review the components with you. Also if you would like to have the fan on, then you are not allowed to complain about your candle not being lit. The physics of waves prove that it will not stay lit in the presence of high winds. Now you are just contradicting yourself.

Having this candle on your table does not make your dinner taste better, it will not help you read the menu, it wont keep you warm at night and it won’t make your partner look better. If you want to stare at fire all night go to waterfire!