Dinner in White

Think of the Kentucky Derby, but without the horses.

Something wet to get things started...

A glass of the Champagne would do just fine.

Add a strawberry for that little something extra.

Dress in white linen.

Then take this entire scene and transport it to the Place de la Concorde in Paris on a star-lit summer evening and you have Dîner en Blanc. A tradition in Paris since 1986, it is one of those events that has taken on a life of its own and grows every year.

In the beginning it was just a group of friends planning a dinner party, picnic if you will, the location of which would be revealed to those “in the loop” at the very last second. Guests showed up dressed in white, to make it easier to identify the other members of this tiny dinner party.

Eventually, the whole world wanted in. Twitter and text messaging made it possible to join in whether one was invited or not as the similarly outfitted group got bigger and bigger–somewhat hard to keep a growing group of people all dressed in white under the radar.

This year 6,000 Parisians in the know made their way to the “secret site”, a spectacle that French magic was able to pull off at one of the largest intersections in the city.

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