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A Massive Flash Mob Picnic With 1,000 of Your Closest Friends is Coming to Boston

What if I told you there was an event in town in which you dress in all white, meet at a certain time and place, and eat some food with hundreds upon hundreds of other people dressed in all white. Sound like a cult? Yeah, I thought so, too. Until I saw this picture:

That is last year’s Diner en Blanc in New York City, and next week, it will be the scene right here in Boston. Diner en Blanc is a secret (well, now not-so-secret), culinary pop-up event that occurs in multiple cities across the world. Boston’s Diner en Blanc will take place on Thursday, August 16. The location, however, won’t be revealed until hours before the event. Boston doesn’t have much open space, so I’d say it’ll likely be on the Boston Common, the Greenway or Copley Square. Any places I’m missing?

Diners must bring their own food, tables, chairs, silverware, glassware, plates, utensils and white table clothes, and in exchange, will be entertained with live music, dancing, and the chance to eat in all white with thousands of others. Check that off your bucket list.

From the website:

Over the course of an evening, the diners enhance the function and value of their city’s public space by participating in the unexpected.

Beyond the spectacle and refined elegance of the dinner itself, guests are brought together from diverse backgrounds by a love of beauty and good taste.

Le Dîner en Blanc recalls the elegance and glamour of court society, and diners engage one another knowing they are taking part in a truly magical event.

There are no disruptions: no car traffic, no pedestrian traffic, except for the occasional amazed and astonished looks from passersby at the scene unfolding before them. And we, as they, wonder whether it’s all not a dream…

So, next Thursday, expect flashes of hungry people dressed in white running with plates, utensils and chairs to get their fill of this crazy version of a flash mob. Want to be part of the fun? Tickets cost between $25-$35 and registration closes on Friday, August 10, so click here to reserve your spot!

Diner en Blanc started in Paris in 1988, and has since expanded globally to 20 cities across five continents, and Paris Diner en Blanc now attracts up to 15,000 people. This will be Boston’s first Diner en Blanc – can it become a dining staple like that of Paris?

For more, check out the Diner en Blanc – Boston Facebook page.

from BostInno http://bostinno.com/2012/08/09/diner-en-blanc-boston/