Dîner en Blanc Vancouver 2015 secret location revealed?

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      Update (August 26): For photos and video from the events, see the following posts:

      Part of the fun of attending Dîner en Blanc Vancouver is that the location is kept top secret until just before the event.

      Last year's edition of the annual outdoor gala, where everyone wears white, takes lots of selfies, and allegedly conducts themselves with the "greatest decorum, elegance, and etiquette", took place in Yaletown's David Lam Park.

      Based on a Twitter post, the location of this year's Dîner en Blanc, which happens this evening (August 25), may or may not be Canada Place.

      Meanwhile, the site of the anti-Dîner en Blanc event, Ce Soir Noir, is no secret.

      The free and "not fancy" picnic will take place this evening at CRAB Park in the Downtown Eastside, starting at 5 p.m.

      Ce Soir Noir attendees are asked to wear their "blackest clothes" and leave their dogs at home.

      Update (4:30 p.m.): Here's more tweets from Canada Place:

      Comments

      8 Comments

      Xander Davis

      Aug 25, 2015 at 5:32pm

      And they can see the Diner en Noir further along the waterfront and cock their noses at the hoi-polloi.

      I see that they only paid $4690 to rent David Lam Park last year. See: http://bobmackin.ca/?p=2999

      Edward Bernays

      Aug 25, 2015 at 5:59pm

      Douche bag en blanc. Am I right people? Where my plebs at?

      Sheep

      Aug 25, 2015 at 5:59pm

      Wow theres a lot of conformist sheep with iphones & iwhite dinner.

      Hope

      Aug 25, 2015 at 6:30pm

      they don't poke their eyes out with all those selfie sticks.

      Anonymous

      Aug 25, 2015 at 9:19pm

      People actually enjoy going to events such as this?
      I'd rather sit with normal people. Thanks, but no thanks.

      Natty

      Aug 26, 2015 at 7:34am

      I love a glass of wine and a good charcuterie board as much as the next person, but the pretentiousness of this event makes me recoil. To coincide with next year's picnic, we'll do baloney and cheese roll-ups on my patio, ok guys?

      Arachides

      Aug 26, 2015 at 11:26am

      With that many vain insufferables in one spot where's a Khaleesi dragon when you need one.

      Matt D

      Aug 26, 2015 at 12:12pm

      Give me the #4 or #7 bus any day over these pretentious tossers

      The whole thing has such a weird elitist hipster/Mario Antoinette vibe from the attendees

      At least some of the neck beard crowd appeared to shave for the event