I found out about
Le Dîner en Blanc while browsing Pinterest about 2 years ago. Then I read
this post by Jordan at Oh Happy Day. I made it one of
my Life List goals to attend
le Dîner en Blanc in Paris. Well, since I'm not going to Paris this year, I was excited to discover Los Angeles would be having their first annual diner so I
registered on their site. I ended up not getting an invitation but I was able to sign up as a volunteer. This gave me membership *
for free* and the opportunity to invite a few friends. It was difficult to set everything up but everything fell into place *
despite shoegate*
Antz and I worked hard getting all the dinner items we would need and making my amazing headpiece and cute birdie boutonniere.
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| This headpiece was huge and HEAVY. I had a battery pack on there for the lights. We had to secure it with hundreds of bobby pins |
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| Look how adorable Antz birdie boutonniere turned out. He made that top hat! |
Since I was a leader, I was privy to find out the city the venue would be located but not the address. Anthony told me his guess was Rodeo Drive since it's so iconic. I thought it would be at a park to accommodate such a large crowd, so I guessed either
Greystone Mansion or
Beverly Hills park. As always, Antz was right, we arrived right on time at Rodeo Drive which was blocked off to cars for the event. We had one of the best spots for the dinner right near the DJ booth and close to the center of everything. The moment we got off the bus, I met the founder of the event
François Pasquier, his wife and his son Aymeric who came in from Paris and Montreal. They were so gracious and kind. François attempted to talk to me in broken English and I made a terrible attempt at French but we communicated best in Spanish. This again confirms how much I suck at French and that I must learn the language I want my child to become fluent in.
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| I love them, they were so sweet! |
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| Aymeric is a sweetheart, he's so cute! |
We set up quickly and the dinner began. Our table was amazing, everyone looked great and the table settings were lovely. I was so happy my friends Warren & Kim and Jihan & Jennifer were able to be there with me. The band performing during dinner was rad! The singer had a beautiful voice and she covered Amy Winehouse and Portishead. We had a delightful meal, I drank too much wine and we all danced. The white mustaches turned out perfect for photos and we took tons of pictures, posed for tourists, guests and the media. I posed for so many cameras my neck was hurting. You can even catch a second of us on the
ABC and
CBS news. I had the time of my life. I met such wonderful people and we rocked out to a guy playing electric saxophone! I can't wait to go next year and hopefully attend Le Dîner en Blanc in Paris soon. My incredibly talented friend
Jennifer took these lovely photos.
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| I love how rad our mustaches turned out |
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| Jihan, Jennifer, Me, Antz, Kim & Warren |
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| Me & my hot date! |
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| Our table |
Since there were so many great pictures, I put together this slideshow that covers the evening. Enjoy!
The first annual Diner en Blanc
August 21, 2013
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills
The evening was magical! Merci.
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