engagement

about a year ago, p and i spent a saturday together hanging out in downtown denver. i woke up early that day, around 6am, and baked her a loaf of chocolate chip banana bread; and jumped on the 8am bus to denver to meet her at Market Street Station. once i got off the bus, p picked me up in her car and we headed up 17th st to St. Mark's Coffee Shop up on cap hill (i had cider and her a cup o joe). after drinks, we made our way to the Denver Art museum for some cultural enlightenment. on the 6th floor of the museum, we rested our feet weary legs on a couch placed in the middle of a gallery and let time pass by slowly as we watched people and their viewing habits. After a couple of hours of art viewing, we went out on the green just north of the museum and sat in the sun and ate the banana bread i had made earlier that day. quite a lovely day, indeed.

on saturday, 6 november 2004, we decided to wake up and take a walk around the city. a free day for us where we had nothing planned. after breakfast at the Walnut Cafe, we walked down colfax to the Denver Art Museum, stopping breifly to watch the Veteran's Day parade, only to become sick to our stomachs to see the 'PT Cruiser club of Colorado' end(?) the parade (what the hell do PT cruisers have to do with veterans?). anyway, after making our way through a couple of exhibits, we found ourselves on the 6th floor looking at the same paintings as last time. the couch, however, was occupied; so we stolled into the adjacent room and took a seat in front of a juan gris painting. on the table between us was a vase of flowers and two sketch books with a few colored pencils. so we each took up a sketch book and drew our interpretations of the vase of flowers... i was done in a matter of minutes (p was, however, consumed in her own fine art, completely oblivious to me, fumbling for the ring in my pocket) and thought that it would be a nice time to propose. so on my drawing, i wrote the following, 'i got u some flowers. will you marry me?' i then crouched down (no, not on one knee, that came later) and presented my drawing to p. it seem to take an eon for her to read the message. apparently, she was looking at the drawing, and not reading and comprehending the question at hand. so. after about, what felt like a minute, a huge smile came upon her face and smothered me with kisses. the only thing is, i hadn't gotten a response. but, she accepted. yay! it was a sure thing, but to hear confirmation was fantastic.

photos: ring I, II