Sunday, November 22, 2015

DOB 2015

Thank you to Jill Munson for my beautiful floral crown!
The first year it was epic. The second year, biblical. And last night Le Diner en Blanc (DOB) 2015 was downright arctic! Joburg has been having some crazy El Nino weather this summer. First a heat wave. Then a week of thunderous lightning storms and hail. Finally on Saturday, it was positively frozen!!! The party was thankfully still hot hot hot!




Scenes from DOB Johannesburg 2015!

We met the buses in front of the Christmas tree at Sandton City ...

We were on the "fun bus" for our ride to the 2015 mystery location!
Mystery solved! First glimpse of FNB Stadium from the bus!
We quickly found our table, found our spots and set up for dinner.

With DOB having its roots in Paris, there was naturally a moment of silence for the terrorist victims who were murdered in Paris last week

our table design was very simple this year. (We are moving to Singapore in a week!)
White lights & white feathers in solar mason jars and in a miniature cake cloche on a miniature glass cake stand,  miniature white "pumpkin" candle holders; (couldn't find jack-be-little or baby-boo pumpkins so I painted some gem squash white!)

our menu was Le Thanksgiving en Blanc
requisite photos with the table setting
... and the chef!
in front of the iconic FNB Stadium on the World Cup 2010 grass lawn

requisite social media photos
Vive Fulgeo Diamonds!

Oui! Oui! Vive la France!
another flower child from New York!

the Best Dressed contest winner won big!
Two tickets on Air France to Paris and an invitation to attend DOB Paris next year!!! Vive la Air France!

Sundowners en blanc


Aces' Marie Antoinette ... She wasn't strictly en blanc but I did not see any of the men complaining!
We picked aces from her deck of cards and won some Aces beer
Let's get this party started!
First we occupied the space ...
... by twirling our napkins

our space now occupied ...

... Let's eat!

Whirling Dervishes!

revelers twirling on the dance floor

traditional sparkler moment

Thank you Joburg for three great DOBs!

an FNB Eiffel Tower



Good news - The DOB in Joburg was on the same night as the one held in Singapore! Next year we will be joining DOB in our new adopted country!













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