Extreme Holiday Gift Giving Might Leave You Up in the Air

The Holidays are arriving and with them come the Kay Jewelers commercials. Already, I have seen hokey ads that while sweet, make me want to scream.  So, for those men who want to add a unique twist to their romantic holiday gift giving without walking into a jewelry store, might I suggest Dinnerinthesky.com.

Dinner in the Sky is about as original as you can be when it comes to gift giving, and it will either cement your relationship forever with your special someone or break you apart for good—depending upon your loved one’s response and fear of heights.  Picture it: you and your beloved and 20 other strangers are strapped into comfortable leather seats that surround a dining table that encircles a platform. On that platform are chefs standing ready to  serve you a five-course gourmet dinner. The catch is that the food cannot be served until they hoist you up 180 feet into the air. Only then, while dangling from a crane, can you savor your food and wine, and hopefully there is lots and lots of wine.  High above the skyline (and you can pick many cities around the globe for your high-flying experience ), the view of a lifetime awaits and this view will  either mesmorize you or cause you to scream in abject fear, and you get all this for only about $500 per person.

Although this is an extreme way to dine, this is not a fad. There are Dinner in the Sky locations in more than 40 countries and the concept has now grown to include, Lounge in the Sky, Marriage in the Sky, Golf in the Sky- well you get the picture.  Apparently, people just like to be in the sky.

Honestly, I find the whole thing sort of fascinating as long as there is lots of wine,  no gale force winds and written proof that someone has inspected the crane  before I get strapped in.  But as far as exciting dates are concerned, this is tops – no pun intended.

Now, the people who run these events do stress that this might

not be for everyone i.e. my husband, who can’t climb a ladder without getting dizzy.  Sure, if I want to knock him off for the life insurance, I can book two seats on this magical mystery ride, but he won’t go easy. First, there will be the holding on to the table until his knuckles turn white, followed by the “oh, God, I feel dizzy and lightheaded” speech culminating with the overdramatic foaming at the mouth before the final collapse.  How do I know this? the Ferris wheel at Hershey Park. Okay, it didn’t get to the foaming at the mouth stage but we were close.

Anyway, my point is this: sure, you can go get your special someone a necklace from the Jane Seymour collection at Kay Jewelers that 80,000 other women will receive or an engagement ring or a Pandora bracelet – all of which will last forever in their own boring way. Or you can shake up your relationship with a five-course Dinner in the Sky that will either spiritually transform your life or make you puke up a lung.  Either way, it’s an event that neither you nor your significant other will forget, nor  will the unsuspecting people on the ground who will probably not be as thrilled with that five-course dinner when you hurl in their direction