We got engaged yesterday! We had been thinking about going on a picnic to Prospect Park, like we did Fourth of July weekend, but decided it was too hot. So we went over to the Brooklyn Bridge instead, to check out an art/performance space in the anchorage and then have pizza at Grimaldi's and ice cream at the Brooklyn Ice Cream factory and enjoy the view of the city and watch people come to take their wedding photos. When we got there, we realized the performance space was closed, so we headed over to Grimaldi's. Just a short wait, sat down and wolfed a whole pie between us. We were too full for ice cream at that point, so we went walking through the parks along the river under and between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. We were hanging out in the shade, watching the boats, and taking pictures of the view. Then Sean says to me "I guess this is as good as time as any." I said "For what?" And he said "One more surprise." Pulled the ring out of his pocket and said, "Will you marry me?" I said "Yes of course" (and I think I said yes a few more times). Then I asked him to put the ring on for me. It's gorgeous – an antique sapphire and platinum ring that we had picked out a few weeks earlier from Stardust Antiques, an antique store near Gramercy Park. It's perfect! Later Sean said he got nervous for a minute there before he asked me and thought maybe I would say no because he waited too long and throw the ring into the river. Then we asked some nice people passing by to take our picture, so we have a couple of pics of us freshly engaged! Then our photographer asked us where we were from. We laughed and said "here, Brooklyn". Guess we were acting too much like tourists. Then we headed home, stopping off at Commonwealth on the way for a few celebratory beers, and watched Casablanca. We'll always have Brooklyn...
