Private Evenings
Two people,one quiet house.
By arrangement · Two practitioners · Toronto
The Occasion
A partner. A mother. The friend who never books anything for herself.
Anniversaries, birthdays, the night before a wedding, a sister visiting from far away. Two evenings arranged in the same home, at the same hour, with nothing shared between them except the candlelight in the hallway.
I
Two practitioners, side by side
Each of you receives a full ritual, worked at your own pace. Nothing is halved and nothing is shortened to fit two people into one hour.
II
Two rooms, or one
Most homes give us two rooms, and most people prefer it that way. Where the space allows and you would rather stay together, one room can be set with two tables.
III
The same evening, either way
Both rituals begin at the same hour and end near it. You come back to each other in the same dim, in the same quiet, without one of you waiting alone.
IV
Different rituals are welcome
Peony for one, Stillness for the other. The house is set once and holds both.
Toward
Arranging It
Two evenings take a little more notice than one.
Step through
How to Ask
Write to the house, and say who the second evening is for.
Private evenings are arranged by enquiry rather than booked, since two practitioners have to be free on the same night. Two weeks of notice is comfortable. Weekends in December ask for more.
