Diner en Blanc Singapore
The Professional 2013 DEB video:
On October 18th Kingsley and I participated in our second Diner en Blanc event. Diner en Blanc is a flash mob all white formal picnic. While Singapore was the first city in Asia to host this event, Diner en Blanc began in Paris 25 years ago and has also been held in Amsterdam, Munich, Zurich, Montreal and New York.
All diners have to bring a table, two (white) chairs, and a picnic basket comprised of quality menu items and china dinner service. And all diners have to be dressed in white – signifying elegance and proper etiquette when we all meet for the mass “chic picnic” at the secret location.
Kingsley and I were dressed to their nines in white while lugging our tables and chairs to the Stadium meet up location. Once at the Stadium we were whisked away on a coach to the secret location which turned out to be the top of the Marina Barrage which has a fantastic view of the city skyline.
On October 18th Kingsley and I participated in our second Diner en Blanc event. Diner en Blanc is a flash mob all white formal picnic. While Singapore was the first city in Asia to host this event, Diner en Blanc began in Paris 25 years ago and has also been held in Amsterdam, Munich, Zurich, Montreal and New York.
All diners have to bring a table, two (white) chairs, and a picnic basket comprised of quality menu items and china dinner service. And all diners have to be dressed in white – signifying elegance and proper etiquette when we all meet for the mass “chic picnic” at the secret location.
Looking around as I set up our table it became clear that I might have slightly under estimated the extreme lengths other diners would go to decorate their tables. Our was adequate but I certainly plan to step it up next year.
Thankfully this table wasn't right next to ours. It was pretty over the top!
The evening ended with fireworks, dragon kites and an amazing french acrobatic dancing performance. We loved our first Diner en Blanc experience last year but this year certainly took things up to a whole new level. I am already eagerly anticipating next year!
Here is a short video I put together which captures the highlights of our Diner en Blanc evening:
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You both looked terrific and the whole event was spectacular!