engagement post redux!

this tale finishes the long awaited fake proposal from april fool's day. i'd put a catchy link in to that prank, but we have since deleted that post. which is really too bad, because it was filled with so much foolery.

we got people's hopes up then and haven't heard the quiet since.

many of you have already heard the news. but here's the run down anyway.

the night started with dinner at our favorite restaurant: Upstairs (pictured here courtesy of new york magazine).

emily had the halibut. i had the bouley burger. both delicious. as was dessert.

afterwards, we went for a walk down towards the boardwalk along the hudson. as we were getting there, stevey was stealthfully setting up his ninja camera to document the whole thing digitally. which is how we got pictures like this.


anyway. i had a little 2.5 x 3.5 photobook made with pictures spanning from the very first time emily came out to visit, even before we were dating up until this summer. inside, i included some masterful poetry in the form of a proposal. sparing you the sap, i proposed, she said yes and we had a wonderful time at the park: trying on the ring, taking pictures of ourselves, having other people take pictures of us, &c.






you would then think the night was over. you would then be wrong.

for the past week or so, i had been emailing and calling our friends to keep the night open. so while we were at dinner, stevey and our friend emily mitarai were back home setting up and welcoming our friends for our joyous return. earlier in the day, i had procured a cake from chelsea market, some martinellis, and a tall new orchid from this florist in the west village.

so when we came home, emily was a totally surprised and a little shocked to see our friends in revelry awaiting the newly engaged couple. everyone was really happy and the night was really a lot of fun. you can see in one of the pictures, marc is saying something really funny. and its too bad the flash washes out the mood stevey and emily m. set with the soft lighting and well selected music for such a gathering.






all in all it was a really good night.
we look forward to seeing you all soon on the 22nd of november in LA...