Lisa Ha - Model - Volunteer - Friend
Saturday, February 22, 2014
My Mother's Red Shawl - El Rebozo Colorado
Lisa Ha - Model - Volunteer - Friend
The night I was modeling for this shoot I
was going on a first date with Jonathan to a restaurant called Dark table. It
was my first date with him. First dates are really awkward for me. I get really
nervous and I feel like I don’t know what to say to them. It’s the first chance you get to make the first
impression.
Jonathan and I chatted and got to know each
other before we set a date to meet. I let him choose the restaurant for dinner.
He wasn’t going to tell me where we were going until that morning. In the
morning I checked in with him to see where we were going for dinner. He told me
the Dark Table. I let out a really loud giggle.
We met up for coffee first before dinner to
actually see what we looked like before dinner.
Dark Table is a restaurant where it is
completely dark inside. You are served by servers who are blind. You order your
food outside and you are led in the restaurant by your server.
I giggled because it is a really
interesting choice for a first date. On a first date I usually make my judgment
of them by making eye contact with my date, watching his facial expressions and
body language. At a restaurant, I also can see how my date treats our server.
It’s important to me how they treat the server because it shows me how they deal
with other people. I can also see if they have a wandering eye. Sometimes other
things in the room catch their eye like, other woman or the decor of the room.
You can see what they are paying attention to (if it is not you) It is easier
to plan your escape route if the date isn’t going well. At Dark Table, I
couldn’t do any of that. I could not tell if wandered. Both of us could not see
anything. The only thing we could do was to talk to each other the whole time.
Come to think of it, having our first date
at Dark Table was a brilliant idea. We both had to turn our cell phones off
before going into the restaurant. That meant no cell phone distraction from
either party. We sat in complete darkness so we had to converse with each other. We tried each other’s drink. We
had to say which side our drink was on so we could pass the drink to each other
without spilling anything. I had to focus on our conversation. I couldn’t make judgment
on him about what he was wearing or his body language. There was no wandering
eye for both parties on who else was in the restaurant or how pretty the decor
was.
Carmen Alatorre Diseñadora de vestuario
Roberto Baschetti Sociólogo, Investigador Histórico - Amigo
Jennifer Froese Youth Worker
Rachel Cairns Actor
Jennifer Landels Espadachina
Judith Currelly Pilot- Artist
Jim Erickson Set Decorator
Alexandra Hill Soprano
Georgina Elizabeth Isles Figure Model
Emma Middleton Actor
Mark Pryor Author/Lawyer/Assistant DA Travis County TX
Brother Edwin Charles Reggio, CSC Mentor & Teacher
Veronica Vex Burlesque Dancer
George McWhirter Poet
Raúl Guerrero Montemayor Padre-Compadre
Alexandra Waterhouse-Hayward Maestra
Shirley Gnome Singer/Provocateur
Yeva & Thoenn Glover Dancers/Choreographers
JJ Lee Writer
Jacqueline Model
Cathy Marsden Psychiatrist
André De Mondo Wanderer
Colin MacDonald Saxophonist/Composer
Nina Gouveia Yoga Instructor
Stacey Hutton Excercise Physiologist
Colleen Wheeler Actor
Sarah Rodgers Actor, Director,Mother
Timothy Turner - Real Estate Agent
Kiera Hill Dancer
Johnna Wright & Sascha Director/Mother - Son/Dreamer
Decker & Nick Hunt Cat & 19th century amateur
George Bowering Poet
Celia Duthie Gallerist
Linda Lorenzo Mother
Katheryn Petersen Accordionist
Stefanie Denz Artist
Ivette Hernández Actress
Byron Chief-Moon Actor/Dancer
Colin Horricks Doctor
Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun Columnist
Jocelyn Morlock Composer
Corinne McConchie Librarian
Rachel Ditor Dramaturg
Patrick Reid Statesman, Flag Designer
Michael Varga CBC Cameraman
Bronwen Marsden Playwright/Actress/Director
David Baines Vancouver Sun Columnist
Alex Waterhouse-Hayward Photographer
Lauren Elizabeth Stewart Student
Sandrine Cassini Dancer/Choreographer
Meredith Kalaman Dancer/Choreographer
Juliya Kate Dominatrix
