After a horse and carriage ride through Central Park, they walked towards Cherry Hill in Central Park, where a picnic complete with chocolate strawberries, chilled champagne and two dozen cowlilies awaited them.

Milana couldn’t believe how thoughtful Eugene had been!  And, the surprises weren’t over yet!  Smiling, Eugene pointed out the nearby Bow Bridge, and right on cue, a banner unfurled reading, “Milana, I love you.  Will you marry me?”

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Eugene pulled off an absolutely perfect proposal, and it got an amazing reaction!  After he popped the question, Milana brought her hands to her face to wipe tears of joy from her eyes before saying, “Yes!!!” And moving in for a kiss!  Passersby on the bridge broke out into applause as he slipped a sparkling Kay Jewelers engagement ring onto her finger.

How They Met:

Eugene and Milana first met at a mutual friend’s housewarming party in July of 2014. 

Though they only exchanged a few words, Eugene was intrigued.  The pair had many mutual friends in common, and kept seeing each other at parties and events but never had a chance to exchange more than a simple “Hey, how are you?”  That is, until Eugene’s birthday this past June.

They struck up a conversation and Eugene felt instantly at ease with her.  He admired her easy-going attitude and fun personality, and wanted to get to know her better, but his shyness got the best of him that night and he didn’t ask her out.

With a little prompting from his friends, he gained enough courage to ask her out, and on June 19th, they went on their first date.

How They Knew:

It became apparent to Eugene as they spent more time together that this was the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. 

Eugene said it was an initial instinct that simply grew naturally with time, and in October, he started thinking over creative ways to pop the question!

The Proposal Plan

Eugene knew he wanted a picnic in the park marriage proposal.

He had been trying to plan a picnic all of last summer, but weather kept getting in the way.  Their engagement was the perfect time to give her the romantic picnic they’d been talking about for months!

After chatting with one of our proposal experts, he decided that Bow Bridge would be the picture-perfect proposal spot!  He booked our New York Horse and Carriage Ride Proposal Package, adding on thoughtful details like a bouquet of flowers, a park picnic setup, and a custom banner to help him pop the question!

The Engagement Photos

Little did Milana know, our discreet New York surprise proposal photographer had secretly photographed their entire engagement!

Eugene wanted to make sure their entire proposal story was beautifully photographed to remember forever, so he booked a two hour post-proposal portrait session. After the couple had a moment to take in their new engagement and share a celebratory toast, our photographer introduced himself and joined the couple for a beautiful fall engagement session in Central Park. 

View their full proposal slideshow and some gorgeous engagement pictures from their couples photo shoot.

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He led Angie from one incredible gesture to the next, starting with a gorgeous skyline helicopter ride to see the greatest city in the world from a bird’s eye view, followed by a trip to the top of the Trade Center.

After running back to where they were staying at the Essex Hotel, he told her he had a special lunch planned.  They headed outside, where he told her to pick a horse and buggy for a ride to where he had a Perfect Picnic arranged to have set up for them, and the ultimate surprise in store: his romantic marriage proposal!

How They Met:

Marc and his fiancé met on match.com and after chatting for a while online, they made plans to meet up in person and see if the initial chemistry translated into something more!

Something told Marc that Angie was special, and he wanted to meet with her right away, but he was leaving for a trip to Cuba. So he asked her out to dinner in advance and as soon as he got back the couple met up for the first time on February 5th, a date Marc has memorized!

Conversation was easy over dinner. They had a similar sense of humor and outlook on life, and the back and forth banter they had online was even better than expected. Marc loved that Angie was so interested in hearing about his trip and looking through the photos he took while he was away, and she was intrigued by his passion for life. After their date, they sat in his car by the beach in their home city of Boca Raton, Florida, watching the waves roll in and feeling relaxed and happy in each other’s company. It was the evening of his 50th birthday, and when the clock struck midnight he got the best gift he could have asked for— a kiss from his future wife!

How They Knew

Marc knew that he had met someone truly unique.

He had never been this intrigued by someone he just met, and he wasted no time— asking her out on a second date while they were still on their first.

The couple says they knew almost immediately that they had found The One. Their initial feelings only grew as they spent more time together!

The Proposal

Marc wanted to propose, and an invitation to New Jersey for a Bar Mitzvah presented the perfect opportunity.

He planned for a few extra days for them to stay in New York, and set about coming up with his full day, absolutely incredible proposal plan.

After giving Angie a romantic card in the horse and carriage promising he would make all her dreams come true, the pair stepped out onto Cherry Hill in Central Park. When they walked up to the picnic, she was surprised by the thoughtful gesture and stood in the picture-perfect spot for our photographer to capture her reaction— Marc knew it was the perfect moment, and popped the question with a gorgeous engagement ring from Diamonds East International in Boca Raton, Florida.

Her answer: a resounding, “Yes!” Through laughter and tears of joy.

The pair paused for a champagne toast before Marc introduced our photographer, who joined them for a gorgeous post-proposal portrait session.

And to top off an incredible proposal day, “We had 8th row center seats to Jersey Boys!” Said Marc, adding, “and I got her a great take-home token from the show: her own real live Jersey Boy, me!”

View the couple’s full proposal photo story!

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