I'm proposing and nervous enough as it is...
Aug 30th, 2004, 03:08 PM
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I'm proposing and nervous enough as it is...
I've gone through countless guide books and too many web sites, my eyes are dreary. I am looking for a perfect restraunt to pop the question. (yes, it has to be a restraunt) My idea of perfect is ambience. Warm, no attitude (if it's possible) wonderful food, and not too stuffy. A small family run place? A slicker modern style? I'm in a jam and am slightly panicked. HELP! I can't tell you how much I would appreciate your input.
Aug 30th, 2004, 04:00 PM
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Why does it have to be a restaurant? There are SO many romantic places in Paris! (28 years ago, I would have been thrilled to be proposed to in Paris over a slice of pate and hunk of cheese, but I only just got there this year!)
(Degas, you bad boy!)
(Degas, you bad boy!)
Aug 30th, 2004, 04:21 PM
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if you want a view of the eiffel go to this one listed on the net as "The intimate but modern space is set in the top floor of a nine-story building and offers excellent views of the Eiffel Tower, making it a nice choice for a romantic night out. The pleasant surprise at R. is that the contemporary French menu doesn?t disappoint, as is too often the case at hip, design-conscious restaurants in Paris." Yes its called "R." im sure its expensive....
Aug 30th, 2004, 04:32 PM
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Skip the restaurant. Why go someplace that might or might now live up to expectations where the waiter might interupt the moment of truth.
As a hopeless romantic, here's what I'd suggest:
1) Get engaged at the top of the Eiffel Tower at sunset.
2) Get engaged on the Pont Du Arts walking bridge across the Seine. Get a bottle of wine or champagne, then pop the question around sunset.
3) Get engaged on the top of the Arc d'Triomphe as you're looking down the Champs Elysses.
4) Go to the D'Orsay museum. Either get engaged in front of a favorite picture, if she has one, of on the outdoor balconey that overlooks the city.
If you pick a restaurant and it doesn't live up to expectations, it'll make asking that much more stressful.
Anyway, that's what I'd do. Well, that our Vegas next time.
As a hopeless romantic, here's what I'd suggest:
1) Get engaged at the top of the Eiffel Tower at sunset.
2) Get engaged on the Pont Du Arts walking bridge across the Seine. Get a bottle of wine or champagne, then pop the question around sunset.
3) Get engaged on the top of the Arc d'Triomphe as you're looking down the Champs Elysses.
4) Go to the D'Orsay museum. Either get engaged in front of a favorite picture, if she has one, of on the outdoor balconey that overlooks the city.
If you pick a restaurant and it doesn't live up to expectations, it'll make asking that much more stressful.
Anyway, that's what I'd do. Well, that our Vegas next time.
Aug 30th, 2004, 04:40 PM
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If Scooby says it has to be a restaurant ... then shouldn't everyone take him at his word? He specifically asked for a romanti restaurant!! - It is no ones business to question why. Why? Because he said so, that is why. 
I wish I knew of a good place
I wish I knew of a good place
Aug 30th, 2004, 04:49 PM
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Maybe I'm off base here. I've never eaten at either restaurant on the Eiffel Tower, and really have no desire to. But to tell the grandchildren, "I proposed to your grandmother on the Eiffel Tower", well, I think that says it all.
Jules Verne. Who cares if it isn't great food? Who cares if it's a little overpriced? Who cares if it isn't the best restaurant in Paris? It's the Eiffel Tower, for cripes sakes. There's no other choice.
Jules Verne. Who cares if it isn't great food? Who cares if it's a little overpriced? Who cares if it isn't the best restaurant in Paris? It's the Eiffel Tower, for cripes sakes. There's no other choice.
Aug 30th, 2004, 05:22 PM
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I have to say that the Eiffel Tower would be way cool! Next choice, though, is a darling little restaurant in Montmartre called La Maison Rose. It's on Rue de l'Abreuvoir. My husband and I ate there years ago (many years...when we young, young, young) and I thought that little pink place was just the most romantic place ever. The food was very good, though not spectacular, but that might work just fine for you, scooby, since it looks like your stomach is already full of butterflies. If you want to take a look, there's a photograph of La Maison Rose on http://www.davidphenry.com/Paris/paris026.htm. After dinner, you and your new fiance could do an "Amelie" walk through Montmartre. Good luck to you!
Aug 30th, 2004, 06:35 PM
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Oh, I agree that a restaurant can be a great place for a proposal.
My first was in the Wilden Mann in Lucerne. January in a heavy snow storm, leisurely dinner in the restaurant in front of a roaring fire - very romantique. Almost enough to make me say yes.
My first was in the Wilden Mann in Lucerne. January in a heavy snow storm, leisurely dinner in the restaurant in front of a roaring fire - very romantique. Almost enough to make me say yes.
Aug 30th, 2004, 09:23 PM
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Scooby, if you're going in 2 days you can't manage one of the reserve-long-in-advance kind of places. A poster on another thread is proposing to his honey in Paris as well and is going to be dining at La Truffiere in the 5th arrondissement, a lovely romantic stone-walled, fireplace-y kind of restaurant with truffles galore on the menu. Have your hotel call to reserve and tell them what's going to happen. Have them keep a bottle of champagne ready for your signal. Bonne chance!
Aug 31st, 2004, 04:09 PM
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Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I've gotten a grip and now have things more or less under control. Through some major finaggling I've managed a reservation at the Jules Verne for dinner this weekend. The R recommendation was wonderful and was a close second. Thanks to you all.
Aug 31st, 2004, 06:04 PM
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I think you made a wise choice. By the way, we were discussing this thread over dinner tonight with friends. I said that I had suggested proposing at dinner on the Eiffel Tower. One friend said that was such a good idea because if she says no, you can jump off.
Please don't! I refuse to be responsible. Besides how could she possibly say no?
Please don't! I refuse to be responsible. Besides how could she possibly say no?
Aug 31st, 2004, 06:42 PM
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Congratulations!!!! Just one piece of advise....YOU'LL KNOW WHEN IT'S THE TIME!
I went thru the same thing last year, when I proposed to my future wife in Poland. At first I wanted to do in a restaurant, then somewhere in Prague, then somewhere in her hometown south of Poland, but finally one day we were sightseeing Krakow and we were in the main area full of pigeons and flowers and I felt that THIS IS IT!!! that was the moment, the clue, the hint,....and I did. I rehearse many times what I was going to say, but it all went down the drain, I said what was in my heart and it came out beautifully! You'll do great. Sometimes the unexpected places are the best places to propose.
BEST OF LUCK!
CARLOS
I went thru the same thing last year, when I proposed to my future wife in Poland. At first I wanted to do in a restaurant, then somewhere in Prague, then somewhere in her hometown south of Poland, but finally one day we were sightseeing Krakow and we were in the main area full of pigeons and flowers and I felt that THIS IS IT!!! that was the moment, the clue, the hint,....and I did. I rehearse many times what I was going to say, but it all went down the drain, I said what was in my heart and it came out beautifully! You'll do great. Sometimes the unexpected places are the best places to propose.
BEST OF LUCK!
CARLOS
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Aug 31st, 2004, 09:13 PM
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How about doing it on an evening cruise down the seine. Very romantic. Don't do it on one of those dinner cruises though. Just a thought.
Or do it one evening as you are walking across one of the many beautiful bridges. Take a picnic, a bottle of the grape or champers plus some pate and cheese. Make your own restaurant under the stars and under the bridges. Much better that a stuffy restaurant with some waiter hovering over you. And if the answer is in the negative you can easily jump overboard!
Or do it one evening as you are walking across one of the many beautiful bridges. Take a picnic, a bottle of the grape or champers plus some pate and cheese. Make your own restaurant under the stars and under the bridges. Much better that a stuffy restaurant with some waiter hovering over you. And if the answer is in the negative you can easily jump overboard!
