Wedding Story

"Eric proposed to me on Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 and, in my opinion, it was one of the most romantic proposals ever. Our good friends, Ben and Krista, were in on the entire surprise. They told us that they had a gift certificate to restaurant on the beach in Santa Barbara, California, called The Brown Pelican. When we showed up around dusk. They called to say they were running about 45 minutes late and that they would meet us there. Since we had just parked at the beach (by the restaurant) Eric suggested we take a stroll on the beach. I still didn't suspect anything at this point. It was pretty windy out so I was looking down while walking so that my hair didn't blow in my face! We finally got to this private cove and Eric just stopped suddenly. I looked up and saw a red sheet laid out with white rose petals scattered all over it. Just behind it were two lit tiki torches, a picnic basket with a bottle of champagne and two champagne flutes. He even thought to pack two sweatshirts because it was a cool and windy evening! As soon as I saw it I immediately began crying, happy tears of course! He positioned me to face the ocean and he got down on one knee and laid out all of the reasons he loved me and why he wanted to ask my hand in marriage. Then he popped the question. We sat on the beach and drank champagne while people walking on the beach yelled, "Congrats!" and, "Good job, man!" to Eric. Even dogs ran up and tried to get a whiff of the beautiful rose petals. Once the sun set the tiki torches illuminated the entire cove and it was breathtaking! Eric then told me that we had dinner plans at Something's Fishy, which is our favorite Teppan grill in Santa Barbara. Well, I was in for another surprise. He told me that we didn't have dinner plans with our friends and, in fact, just wanted to have a romantic dinner alone. We arrived at the restaurant and our friends were there waiting for us and immediately started clapping when we walked in! I was in a state of shock all night! One of the biggest surprises was that that Ben had helped Eric set up the whole beach setting that afternoon and while Eric was proposing he stood from afar and took pictures of the entire proposal!" ~N. W., Santa Barbara California