Dîner en Blanc - Binzento 360o
(photos by: Binzento)
Global phenomenon Dîner en Blanc, a tradition started in Paris,
was held past Thursday in Calgary. This year was the 2nd time the
city hosted this exquisite invite-only
outdoor dinner event, which attracted more than 2,500 people to attend. It was a bit chilly to picnic in the
fall, especially in Calgary I am not going to lie, but thankfully mother nature
had done her best to keep us, and our food, dry.
Beyond the wave of beautifully dressed
crowd all in white accompanied by delicious food, beverage and music, there were
also our lesser glamorous moments – taking the city transit to the “secret
location” and walking two miles carrying our table, chairs and a basket full of
dinner essentials… Nonetheless, it was still considered a successful event,
more entertaining than the one in previous year.
How I wished to see once again
the “white hat ceremony”, a tradition that made Calgary’s Dîner en Blanc truly unique. Perhaps the
organizers thought that was “been there and done that”. It would been amazing
to see too more than one performing stage – participants at tables below the
hill could hardly make out what was happening on the stage and could hardly
hear what was going on.
Given the vast grass field which was
not quite an attractive location to host Dîner en
Blanc, It was still nice to see couple installations that quickly became
the hot spots for photos. And of course the firework candles moment at the end
of the dinner was expectedly spectacular.
The afterparty, just a few steps
away from dinner location was an added bonus. I would never like to carry my
fifty pounds belongings all the way back into the city and expect to show up
dancing on the dance floor.
Thank you Calgary for hosting
another year of Dîner en Blanc. I am sure
all the positive aspects from this year’s event have out numbered any negativity
- sore arms are forgotten.
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