It’s a lazy Saturday afternoon.
You are in Paris.
You have no plans for the evening.
Your phone rings.
It’s an invitation to the annual Diner En Blanc.
You and “13,000 people, dressed elaborately in white, will converge at a secret location (in Paris) for the annual DINER EN BLANC. In fifteen minutes they will position 4,000 tables, unveil miles of linens, crystal, sterling and epicurean delicacies. You’ll eat, drink and dance until midnight at which time you’ll will depart as swiftly as you arrived.
The entire event is devoid of politics and commercialism. It is, rather, a mesmerizing intersection of food and fashion and a stirring display of the power of human connection and collaboration. The dinner remains shrouded in mystery. An anonymous committee of ten decides who will host tables and selects each year’s secret location. This trailer is for a documentary that reveals the evolution, orchestration and growing challenges of organizing the world’s largest dinner.”
Source: Grindtv
Looks like they’re having a lot of fun.
Yes, they certainly are.
very cool-wish I were on their invitation list!
Me too! Stand in line!
I’ve been to one of these – they’re awesome. Everyone is in white, the location is kept secret each year and then people begin to converge from every corner of the city. It’s beautiful.
La De Da. Well of course you have. And you on the annual auto re-invite list for Paris event, right?
Laughing – no, a friend of mine is on the list and he brought me along when I was there for work. A first and last time all in one evening..
Wow, Mimi, that is beyond cool! 🙂 xo
I’ve had a few moments, as we all have…xox
You have, sweet friend, and knowing you, you’ve “sucked the marrow” out of every one….. Xoxo
Well honey, in this particular moment I just drank way too much wine. I felt like I was in a movie. Which I have been in btw, but that’s another story for another day..xoxo
Laughing….one of the MANY reasons I adore you… 🙂
Well…I’m pretty sure I won’t be getting an invitation to THAT in this lifetime. 🙁
Never say never Carol. 🙂 Take Fernando’s cue below!
Yeah, right…at least I know it might be closer, but I don’t have that kind of luck…like some people we know whose name begins with “M”. 🙂
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It’s beautiful, but it is no longer happening in Paris only (where it started). It has spilled over to other parts of the world, as far away as New Zealand… And it’s happening at 12 different cities in the US too! So, Carol Welsh, you might get an invitation for that, if not in Paris, perhaps in San Francisco, or in Atlanta…
I didn’t know that Fernando. Very cool. I guess the next step is to find out where and tie in to some cool friends.
San Francisco, yes! I’m close! Pick me, pick me!!! 🙂
Now we’ve resorted to begging. Wow.
Lol!! Did I ever say that I was above begging??? Why, no, I never did say that…not ever. Pleeeeeease, pick me.
Please sit in a comfortable chair. And prepare to chant this sutra 100 times. http://davidkanigan.com/2013/04/21/a-war-on-want/
Okay…thanks for bringing me back down to earth my friend. 🙂
I want Mimi’s life…just sayin’…. ;-). And I’m with Carol, I hope I manage to get on THIS invitation list someday. Wow! I don’t think they do these in New Hampshire…sigh….
Never know Lori. Throw a few free cans of chewing tobacco into mix and you might have a riot up there.
Woah, woah, woah, careful there pal. I don’t know that you want to be dissin’ the state that has “die” as part of its logo… These Granite Staters can take things kind of personal sometimes. Just sayin’….
Oh boy…
We bloggers should start our own in our cities. That would be so fun.
Thanks for posting the video, David. So much fun to watch.
Great idea!
Put me on the list! What an experience that would be.
As you can see, there is a long line here for the wait list! 🙂