#ParkerOnThePlaza

This is our favorite story! We met about 3 years ago, in Denver, at a work conference. It was the last day of the event, we were both staying at the Embassy of Suites and met in the elevator. (I said hi to him first!!) We exchanged business cards as I was looking for more contacts in the industry (I made a career change the year prior). We both had obligations that afternoon, but he texted and asked if I wanted to meet him for a drink after the expo for happy hour. Crazily enough, that fell through and I agreed to meet him and his 2 friends at dinner. I was pleasantly surprised to meet his "friends" that were actually a co-worker and her long term boyfriend. We had a great dinner and the evening continued out and about downtown. I was living in Albany, NY and him in SC at the time. He flew up 2 weeks later and we met in NYC. We traveled every couple weeks to see each other and did long distance until I moved to SC.

We were in Tampa seeing our favorite NFL teams play each other (him a Tom Brady/Bucs fan, me a diehard Bills fan). The evening before we met up with his best friend and her boyfriend. We were at one rooftop bar and they wanted to take us to the Embassy of Suites (same hotel brand we met in) to their rooftop bar before grabbing dinner. The boys went to grab a table and we weren't far behind. Once we got there, we got in the elevator and hit the top floor button... where the "rooftop bar" was supposed to be. When the door opened at the top floor, he was there on one knee.