Paris Pastries- 19eme

MUAAHAHAHAHA (evil sneaky laugh)

My roommate, Jen, and I have been planning these Paris Pastry days with an ulterior motive, and now I can finally shout it from the...keyboard.

LAUREN HUGHES IS ENGAGED!!!!!!!

Here's the scoop. Lauren and Travis have been dating for over 4 years. However, since late August, Lauren has been in Paris doing an internship while Travis has been finishing school in Florida. So...that's 8 months apart people! Crazy! (thank goodness for skype!)
Lauren has been in love with Paris forever, so the idea of being proposed to here has been a dream of hers. She knew Travis would visit at some point during our year here and they had talked about marriage...so the proposal part of the visit wasn't as much of a surprise as the WHEN IS HE COMING?! part...and trust me, the suspension was killing her!

A few months ago Travis told Jen and I about his plans to come and pop the question. He booked the ticket, bought the ring, and had the proposal spot picked out....our job was getting her there. The trouble was, ANYTHING out of the ordinary would tip her off, and the park he picked was definitely out of the ordinary. Parc des Buttes-Chaumont is in the 19th, off a random metro line, and far away from where we would typically hang out...but, challenge accepted!
We knew we needed to plan some kind of weekly thing starting right away so that in 8 weeks it wouldn't be random to say “hey, let's go to the 19th!”.
And this "A Patisserie for Each Parisian Arrondissement" blog was where we found our brilliant plan

VOILA!

In order to be in the 19th by week 8, we had to start with the 14th (where we live) and skip the 2 weeks we were out of town. It was PERFECT!


And the best part is, SHE WAS SURPRISED!

Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
(The gazebo at the top of the hill is where he proposed)

Lauren and Jen

Lauren and Me

the "gland" pastry...meaning "acorn" in French

This choux pastry is filled with crème pâtissière,
covered in icing with sprinkles for the acorn's cup



enough about the pastries...here's the real show

we were almost halfway across the bridge before she stopped texting,
looked up and saw TRAVIS!
She immediately dropped her bag and ran!

we had 6 paparazzi on them!
(me, jen, Hannah, Brett, John, and Clark)

down on one knee!

She said yes!
(a few times)

the BLING!

Travis and Lauren are finally engaged!! I could not be more happy for these two love birds as they spend the next few days in Paris and the rest of their lives together!

Oh, and don't worry...
Just because the surprise is over doesn't mean Paris Pastry days are done! :)