Launched with just a handful of friends by Fran\u00e7ois Pasquier over 27 years ago, Paris’ D\u00eener en Blanc now assembles nearly 15,000 people each year. The French capital’s most prestigious sites have played host to it: the Pont des Arts, the Eiffel Tower site, Place Vend\u00f4me, the Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles, the Esplanade de Notre-Dame, the Esplanade des Invalides, the periphery of the Place de l’\u00c9toile, the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, Place de la Concorde, Le Louvre Pyramid, Trocad\u00e9ro Esplanade and this year:\u00a0 The Palais Royal Garden!<\/p>\n
The Paris police tend to tolerate this \u2018wild’ gathering, if not perhaps even wishing they could join in!<\/p>\n
The time has come and we are so excited to finally share the news with you. D\u00eener en Blanc returns this summer to Vancouver, Thursday, August 18th\u00a0to celebrate our 5th Anniversary.<\/p>\n
Thousands of people, dressed all in white, and conducting themselves with the greatest decorum, elegance, and etiquette, all meet for a mass \u201cchic picnic\u201d in a public space.<\/p>\n
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\nBeyond the spectacle and refined elegance of the dinner itself, guests are brought together from diverse backgrounds by a love of beauty and good taste.
\nLe D\u00eener en Blanc recalls the elegance and glamour of court society, and diners engage one another knowing they are taking part in a truly magical event.
\nThere are no disruptions: no car traffic, no pedestrian traffic, except for the occasional amazed and astonished looks from passersby at the scene unfolding before them. And we, as they, wonder whether it’s all not a dream\u2026<\/p>\n<\/span>","excerpt":"