Dîner en Blanc Vancouver 2015 secret location revealed?
Update (August 26): For photos and video from the events, see the following posts:
- Photos: Dîner en Blanc Vancouver 2015 radiates fun at Canada Place
- Photos: Ce Soir Noir turns CRAB Park into a sea of black
- Video: Dîner en Blanc Vancouver 2015 vs. Ce Soir Noir
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.
https://twitter.com/martinigurl/status/636251471613300736
https://twitter.com/martinigurl/status/636254779220488193
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:
https://twitter.com/terphil1/status/636296636033961985
https://twitter.com/nickeagland/status/636301260883230721
https://twitter.com/tanyawilson/status/636292379331309568
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