It's 75 to 100 years old, and came from an old mansion in the garden district of New Orleans, says owner Gil Rasmussen. Sit under its glow and sip a cup of Joe or a brew. Or, you might order something off the wood-burning grill, like grilled yellow fin tuna steak or a burger. Open the refrigerator. Light goes on.
Light goes off.
If your need to see the light is more a temporary loss than a medical need, go cheap with a visit to a light store. Forget the electric bill - it's not yours to pay after all. Just bask in the glow - literally. Julie Statz inventories the number of lights, lamps and other illuminations at At Light Unlimited. There are, she says with the sigh of a woman who had to hand count each, 5,000.