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Monica thought the trip was about her aunt. She and Alejandro had driven in from Mexico with a few days planned around a visit, the kind of trip built around family rather than anything else. What she did not know was that Alejandro had been planning something else entirely, and it was happening the very next morning.
Read MoreHemisfair Park sits just off the Riverwalk, close enough to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center that most people walking past assume it is only a stop between conference halls. Tucked into the park, though, is The Grotto: a shaded waterfall feature that most visitors to downtown San Antonio never find. It is where Nolan proposed to Kelly on a late afternoon in August, around 3pm, with the sound of the water covering most of the conversation until the moment itself.
Read MoreTrinity University sits on a hill above downtown San Antonio, and the campus has a scale to it that a lot of city locations do not. Wide lawns, red brick buildings with clean modernist lines, courtyards that open and close as you move through them. It is a place built for walking and lingering, which happens to be exactly what an engagement session or a proposal needs.
Read MoreWilson and Jillian live in Fort Worth, which meant most of this proposal came together long distance. But the location was never really in question. Jillian's mother and father both went to the University of the Incarnate Word, and that connection was the whole reason Wilson wanted to propose there instead of somewhere closer to home.
Read MoreThis past Fall we documented a proposal at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, and it reminded us why this is one of our favorite places in the city for exactly this kind of moment. The garden was designed with distinct sections, each with its own character, which gives a charm that is enchanting and unique.
Read MoreMeena had a short list of requirements, and none of them were negotiable. The spot had to be quiet. It had to feel somewhat private, not tucked away where getting Josette there would look suspicious, but private enough that the moment itself would not feel like it was happening in the middle of a crowd. It needed easy access, no long walks, no complicated logistics to explain away. And it needed to carry some of the charm that makes the Riverwalk what it is.
Read MoreEmiliano and Sofia made the drive from Houston with a few nights in San Antonio ahead of them. They had restaurants to try, things to see, the kind of easy trip that gives a couple a getaway form the stresses of work and responsibilities. Emiliano had something else in mind for one of those mornings, and he had been thinking about it for a while.
The Japanese Tea Garden was going to play right into that plan.
Read MoreThere's maybe a two hour window in the morning where the Japanese Tea Garden is more quiet and empty. After that, it belongs to everyone, and that's fine. it's a beautiful public space and those early hours before the tour groups and large families arrive are different entirely. The air still cooler and the waterfall sounds louder somehow, but actually everything else is just quieter. Stone trees and flowers catch the light in a way that feels almost accidental..
That's the version Zach wanted for Jessica.
Read MoreWhen it came time for us to choose our own, we thought we understood what mattered. We had seen so many versions of love expressed through metal and stone. We had photographed heirlooms passed down through generations and brand new pieces chosen just weeks before a wedding day. We had opinions, preferences, and what we thought was a clear sense of direction.
And then we started looking.
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