I was presenting at a medical conference in Chicago and Marc decided to tag along and make a trip out of it. Months in advance, we made a reservation at our bucket-list restaurant- Alinea and we were both excitedly awaiting our dinner. At the last minute, Marc suggested we go to the Lincoln Park Zoo Holiday Market and Light Show before our dinner reservations. Despite Marc being slightly under the weather and a cold Chicago night, he insisted on going.
After walking for some time admiring the lights, Marc found a quiet spot and let me know he had called Alinea ahead of time to tell them we would actually be celebrating our engagement. There, under a tunnel of lights, with no one around, he finally got down on one knee and though I can't quite remember, I am pretty sure I said yes.