Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp
You are doomed. http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2165566&enterthread=y
Originally posted by: Apathetic
Congratulations! I have a couple of friends that have been to Greece and they say it was amazing.
Edit: It can take months and months to plan a wedding. Are you planning on a small wedding or a large one?
Dave
Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Alright, time for some pics.
Girlfriend and I at an argentine grill called Tengo Sur
Girlfriend as she enters room of The Drake and sees all the awesomeness - my favorite picture.
Girlfriend and I chilling in our robes at the Drake
Chillin' in front of the Shedd Aquarium
Us at my sisters apartment
The ring
Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Originally posted by: legoman666
"I wanted to make it really memorable and special, which I think I did. She cried, so thats always a good thing! "
After that you have to tell us the circumstances.
Well being that we live in Tampa I figured I'd wait till we went somewhere different. We were up in Chicago visiting my sister. So the third night there I took her down Michigan Avenue just to do some shopping/sight seeing. At one end of the street was The Drake hotel. Toward the end of the afternoon we were down there. I took her to a really nice gazebo right across the street from Lake Michigan. It was really quiet there so I sat her down and proposed there. Right afterwards I took her across the street to The Drake. I had my sister take our luggage there while we were out during the day, so all of stuff was already there. I went to get a card for our room and it turns out we got an upgrade on the room. Executive suite baby! It was the room I originally wanted, but for $1300 a night I decided I couldn't afford it. Things worked out really nicely though. Took her up to the room, she was totally caught off guard. I had rose petals sprinkled from the doorway to the bed and pink tulips (her favorite flower) on the table. When she walked in she started crying. I knew then I had done a good job. So we went into the room, which had an amazing view of Lake Michigan and a pretty good view of the city too. I had her dress there and we got dressed up and went to dinner inside the hotel at the Drake Brothers restaurant. Came back after dinner and enjoyed each others company in the jacuzzi with some bubble bath stuff we bought earlier that day. Overall if was a very memorable experience in a magnificent hotel.
I decided on that hotel because it has so much history etc... I figured it'd be a place that was there for a long time to come that we could remember forever.
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Originally posted by: legoman666
"I wanted to make it really memorable and special, which I think I did. She cried, so thats always a good thing! "
After that you have to tell us the circumstances.
Well being that we live in Tampa I figured I'd wait till we went somewhere different. We were up in Chicago visiting my sister. So the third night there I took her down Michigan Avenue just to do some shopping/sight seeing. At one end of the street was The Drake hotel. Toward the end of the afternoon we were down there. I took her to a really nice gazebo right across the street from Lake Michigan. It was really quiet there so I sat her down and proposed there. Right afterwards I took her across the street to The Drake. I had my sister take our luggage there while we were out during the day, so all of stuff was already there. I went to get a card for our room and it turns out we got an upgrade on the room. Executive suite baby! It was the room I originally wanted, but for $1300 a night I decided I couldn't afford it. Things worked out really nicely though. Took her up to the room, she was totally caught off guard. I had rose petals sprinkled from the doorway to the bed and pink tulips (her favorite flower) on the table. When she walked in she started crying. I knew then I had done a good job. So we went into the room, which had an amazing view of Lake Michigan and a pretty good view of the city too. I had her dress there and we got dressed up and went to dinner inside the hotel at the Drake Brothers restaurant. Came back after dinner and enjoyed each others company in the jacuzzi with some bubble bath stuff we bought earlier that day. Overall if was a very memorable experience in a magnificent hotel.
I decided on that hotel because it has so much history etc... I figured it'd be a place that was there for a long time to come that we could remember forever.
Tampa? Mandatory ATOT invite to the wedding
Just playing, congrats man, you two make a good looking couple.
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
let's all mark out to chicago yet again
Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Originally posted by: Apathetic
Congratulations! I have a couple of friends that have been to Greece and they say it was amazing.
Edit: It can take months and months to plan a wedding. Are you planning on a small wedding or a large one?
Dave
Small one, I can't imagine over 70 people. Realistically I expect around 50ish. We are looking at next March tentatively as a date. We figure not to hot not to cold in Florida and ample time to save up money for wedding/honeymoon.
Originally posted by: RKS
Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Originally posted by: Apathetic
Congratulations! I have a couple of friends that have been to Greece and they say it was amazing.
Edit: It can take months and months to plan a wedding. Are you planning on a small wedding or a large one?
Dave
Small one, I can't imagine over 70 people. Realistically I expect around 50ish. We are looking at next March tentatively as a date. We figure not to hot not to cold in Florida and ample time to save up money for wedding/honeymoon.
trust me, it's not up to you; in fact you don't get to decide anything any longer. :laugh:
we planned on a very small wedding and ended having people fly in from everywhere, some were parental friends who we didn't even know.
Originally posted by: alkemyst
when are you planning on doing the wedding. If more than a couple years away it makes no sense to plan it all out now.
Hopefully you aren't doing something like a 7 year engagement prior to both you entering college then graduate...I know a couple of those stories.
Originally posted by: UNCjigga
Heh, your fiancee looks like a girl I knew in grad school--she's not from New York, is she?