Popping the Question

I've waited very patiently for 'the question'. I largely thought it would have happend last year, but it did not.

It happend on Sunday, October 26 (I knew it was going to). We went out to the Deep Cove Chalet, an exceptional restaurant in Deep Cove (near Sidney). Our favorite restaurant is Brasserie L'Ecole, but they are not open on Sundays and Mondays...and schedule wise it was looking like the week was going to be busy.

We shared sauteed chanterelles and malpaque oysters for appetizers. He had the beef wellington, and I had the quail for the main course and we paired it with a bottle of 2005 Chatteau Neuf du Pape (a really nice wine)...

And then before dessert but after the main course he leaned over and asked if I would be his wife, of course I said 'yes'. He pulled out a lovely hexagonal box (red with gold detailing), and inside was my ring, resting on tissue paper. I slipped it on my finger (of course it fit perfectly, he had asked for my ring size a few weeks earlier). Although I knew the engagement was 'in the works', I had not seen the ring before - it is perfect.

We then had creme brulee.