Whether it be striking up conversations with strangers and encouraging them to check out a youtube clip, inviting other diners in the restaurant where you are eating to your upcoming performance, starting your own art song festival in your local library, or even working for an opera company in some capacity.
On subsequent visits, La Nonna revealed itself as a warm, inviting place that loves its diners not wisely but too well, so well that the thought of not honoring a reservation is unthinkable.
An oval bar near the entrance, with a glowing yellow onyx bar top, casts an inviting light, just enough for diners to make their way, without groping, to cozily arranged tables and banquettes off to the side.
By bringing cooks, diners and food artisans together and inviting discussion about the origins of the food, Mr. White, Mr. Waag and Ms. Pierce are elevating the dining experience beyond the standard transaction.
Diners' first impressions are of blue and white awnings and inviting wicker rockers on the porch.
An after-work crowd fills the long, inviting bar to overflowing; and to secure a seat in the restaurant section, diners would be smart to have a reservation.
On any given night, the inviting dining room, which seats no more than 24, is crowded with families, couples and the occasional lone diner diverting himself from his book every few minutes to take another bite.
Few schools provide inviting introductions to the changes in school lunch and don't prepare the new foods in tasty, attractive ways that might tempt reluctant diners.
