My wife and I went both last year and this year to the Calgary event. It's called diner en blanc and started in Paris 25+ years ago and is now done in cities all over the world. It's just a big dinner party in a secret location that you go to for fun.
The Calgary events have been a touch disorganized, mostly at the table leader level though. When you're going to a secret location, it's good if the group leader is from Calgary and has been on a Ctrain before. Or can read a map... Fortunately enough people in our group figured things out for our 'leaders' and got us to the event and set up in more or less the right place.
Both years we've gone without knowing anyone else and then made great friends with the people at the tables beside us. It probably helps that both years we ended up with extra wine that needed sharing...
If you love sipping lattes and looking at the peace bridge, this is the event for you! Just think, you get to buy clothes and furniture that you don't plan to use more than once a year! And you get to laugh at your jealous friends who didn't get in! It's the best!
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