I see one almost every time I travel! Saw one in Hawaii, saw one in Rome, saw one in the middle of a music festival…

…But the hardest one was when I was at a restaurant in New Orleans — the waiter told me a couple was getting engaged before the man proposed, and I had to sit there and try to not obviously watch them all night. I was like Kristen Wig’s Sue character. 

Yes! It was a summer night  in Venice in the Piazza San Marco. We were watching the restaurant musicians performing outside  and they were walking around the tables. They paused for a moment at a couple's table and the guy got down on one knee and popped the question. She said yes. It was very over the top and extremely romantic. 

Have you ever witnessed a stranger’s proposal?

Allison Piwowarski

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