"Do programs that look like miniature booklets. They’re unexpected and stylish."

“It’s a waste to make guests sit down to a plated dessert.”

Gustavo proposed to Lydia at Nobu with a ring tucked inside a mini box of Vosges chocolates, after which he whisked her to a suite in the Tribeca Grand to celebrate.

When Ali’s brother planned a skiing trip to Austria, she almost didn’t go. Luckily, her brother persuaded her, and it was on that trip that she hit it off with Philip, who like Ali had grown up in New York.

“Transporting a cake from downtown to Midtown can be a nightmare.”

Their relationship began after a mutual friend passed away on September 11. After Tyrone proposed at Danube in Tribeca, they spent a year planning a winter extravaganza overlooking Central Park.

When Anne-Marie and Brandon found out they were having a baby, they decided to get married, but bypassed the technicalities (buying a diamond ring; getting down on one knee).

Though they’d exchanged commitment rings in 2004, Nathan formally proposed to Jose the following year during a walk along the East River.

She caught his eye on the floor of Club B-Lo. “It was funny,” says Carlos. “She was doing the electric slide in the middle of this trendy club.”

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