Here's a great story I found online
By Jae-Ha Kim
Chicago Sun-Times
Holly Gilson didn't think twice when her boyfriend asked if
she had quarters. She figured
they
needed them for the parking meters by the Lounge Ax, where they were headed.
Never mind that the club wasn't scheduled to be open that night. Or that it was
empty when they got there. The doors were open, so they just walked right in.
"In retrospect, I suppose it was weird," says Holly, 33. "But we do so many
things spur of the moment that I didn't question any of this. I mean, he had
taken me to a heart transplant, so this didn't seem that out of the ordinary."
(By
the way, the heart transplant wasn't Matthew Gilson's idea of a date. The
free-lance editorial photographer was on assignment.)
Once
at the club, Matthew suggested that they have their pictures taken in the photo
booth. Did she have any quarters handy?
First shot: The two mug for the
camera.
Second shot: The couple share a
romantic kiss.
Third shot: He pulls out a ring and
proposes.
Fourth shot: She accepts.
"I didn't pick the Lounge Ax for any
other reason than that it had a photo booth," says Matthew, 35. "I called and
arranged with the owners to leave the doors open for us to go in."
This was on Feb. 29, 1996--a leap year.
The next day, the couple boarded a flight for Orlando, Fla., where they were
going to vacation at Disney World. Matthew took quite a risk, proposing on the
day before a long trip. "Yeah, if she had said, `No,' we probably would've
gotten there and said, `Um, separate rooms, please,' " he says, laughing.