Our trip to Paris was just incredible. I promise I will get back to culinary topics tomorrow, but this post will be largely dedicated to the food-oriented photos I took in Paris (see, I didn’t forget about you guys)!
But before I start in on how amazing the food was (and it was!), there is something a little bit more amazing to share… I am engaged!!! On the second day of our trip, after I dragged my poor boyfriend fiancé across the entire city on foot (there is no other way to travel in Paris, of course), and as we were walking along, I spotted a bakery with towers of meringues that I just couldn’t resist. I went in and bought one, and as we were walking towards the Seine, along a side street with the Eiffel Tower all lit up behind us, I started gushing about how perfect the trip was, and how perfect Paris was, and how amazing my little meringue was (which turned out to be a *caramel* meringue, which I must now learn to make!), and how nothing could possibly be better. But, of course, I was wrong on that last part, because he interrupted my giddy ramblings by getting down on one knee and asking me to marry him.
I cannot imagine that it’s possible to be happier than I am right now. We flew back on Monday and I have spent the last 48 hours on the phone practically, and have found it very difficult to have a conversation, even with total strangers, without somehow slipping in the phrase, “I’m engaged!” So starting tomorrow, I will be back with new recipes for you all, but for now, enjoy these photos of the tastier side of Paris!
27 responses so far ↓
1 FZQ // Feb 20, 2008 at 10:47 am
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
2 Jess M // Feb 20, 2008 at 11:35 am
Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you and Chad. I can’t wait to catch up!
3 Sarah // Feb 20, 2008 at 11:41 am
Congrats! Sounds like you will never forget this trip!
4 Joy // Feb 20, 2008 at 11:46 am
Congratulations to you and Chad! So wonderful! How funny that as soon as I read that he was going to whisk you away to Paris that he was going to ask you to marry him?!
5 Susan // Feb 20, 2008 at 11:56 am
I can’t imagine a better Valentine’s surprise. Congratulations to you both!
6 Deborah // Feb 20, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Congratulations!! I can remember that feeling - it is amazing (although I didn’t get proposed to in Paris!! Lucky you!!)
7 katy // Feb 20, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Thanks everyone!!!
Joy — You absolutely called it! I will admit, though — I was thinking it myself as well!
Deborah — I do feel like the luckiest girl ever!
8 Nicole // Feb 20, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Congratulations! And I love your photos…especially the Eiffel Tower shot at the beginning!
9 Gretchen Noelle // Feb 20, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Congratulations! That is fabulous news! I had my suspicions that you would come back with that news. Great photos!
10 Kimberly // Feb 20, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Congratulations!! I thought you might come back engaged when I read that last week!! I love your pictures!!
11 shana // Feb 20, 2008 at 3:25 pm
congratulations! what a wonderful surprise. oh yeah … and those oysters look amazing, ymmm!!
12 Lewis // Feb 20, 2008 at 7:51 pm
So first off, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I’m so excited for you!
Your photos of Paris are amazing. I was showing my wife and she demanded
to know what kind of camera you are using.
13 MrsPresley // Feb 20, 2008 at 10:29 pm
congratulations!!! i told you he was going to propose!!!
i love all the photos…. glad you had an amazing trip.
any talk yet on where you will get married?
14 Kristen // Feb 21, 2008 at 4:12 am
I am very happy for you and Chad!!! Your ring is beautiful and I can’t wait to see it in person
But I also expect caramel meringues waiting for me when I finally return home from China… !
15 Ann // Feb 21, 2008 at 7:22 am
What a perfect romantic weekend! Congrats!
16 Adele // Feb 21, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Congratulations! I had a sneaking suspicion you might come back with news to share.
17 Sabra // Feb 21, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Congratulations, that’s great! Now just don’t let all the wedding planning get in the way!
18 MyKitchenInHalfCups // Feb 22, 2008 at 6:21 am
You make me happy and sad.
I’m super happy that you are so wonderfully happy.
The sad is how much your photos make me long for Paris! Such a magical city.
What a beautiful happy memory for you!
Congratulations!!
19 Donald // Feb 22, 2008 at 8:59 am
Congratulations!!!
Looks like a wonderful time. Those are some great pix of Paris.
20 Helen // Feb 22, 2008 at 9:07 am
Congratulations Katy! and your picture of Paris capture the romance perfectly…..
21 NuJoi // Feb 23, 2008 at 10:27 am
Congratulations! How romantic!
22 Jitterbean Girl // Feb 24, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Congratulations! I was wondering if you’d be sharing that news upon your return
What a fantastic way for him to propose! Have fun basking in the glow for a while 
23 Danielle // Feb 24, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Congratulations!
24 Suzana // Feb 25, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Congratulations, Katy! And lovely photos. Paris is just beautiful and so romantic!
25 Patricia Scarpin // Feb 26, 2008 at 12:02 pm
That looks like Cafe de Flore!
Oh, I miss Paris…
26 Chou // Feb 28, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I know I’ve already said it before, but congratulations! I’m so happy for you!
27 katie // Mar 1, 2008 at 5:26 am
How incredibly romantic and wonderful!!!!
Congratulations! Best wishes to your fiance!
Dont’ bother coming down for awhile - just enjoy!
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