Romantic Swimming

Romantic Swimming was a quarentine cafe project  hosted on the sunporch of my home in the summers of 2019 and 2020.

The cafe had one seating per night which fed between 1 and 2 people. 

On the day of each cafe  I would bike to the lake and take videos of the water. These videos would then be projected on the roof of my sunroom during the meal.

The food was served in 6-8 small plate courses. The menu of the meal engaged with the desire to be with friends and lovers in the water, breathing, splashing, submerging. The menu could be comical, wistful and immediate.  It was always romantic.

Dishes included

when you accidentally gulp a mouthful

fresh plum, salted plum,  redwine cold with rye noodles, black soy sauce

water over river rocks

kombucha, frozen champagne grapes

splashing and lying back and getting pulled under

sourdough slice with raw green figs, cold cream, sea salt and fried garlic scapes picked from a local park