Life changed for Re’Shae Green in a minute in New York.
The Maryland-based millennial traveled to NYC as the girlfriend of longtime boyfriend Corey Fields over Labor Day weekend.
But after an encounter with a very special cabbie, she left the Big Apple bride.
“I was just crossing the street when I saw this cab that had a ‘Will you marry me’ sign on its trunk,” Green, 29, a children’s book author, told The Post with a laugh.
“Before I could ask if it was for me, Corey was smiling and digging in his pocket for the ring.”
“Then he got down on one knee – and I was shocked.”
The tricked-out cab, a retro-style ride decked out in silk blooms and a glowing ‘Marry Me’ display, is quickly becoming the hottest proposal backdrop in New York City.
As lovebirds flock to the altar amid a reported post-pandemic wedding boom, extravagant engagements are on the rise, according to the CDC.
Whether it’s a flashy “I do” in Times Square, a “be mine” on the beach, or a distant romantic request made from prison, romantic hopes are now going above and beyond the stale “hide the ring in a slice of cake” . bit – hoping to create incomparable memories.
In fact, wedding insiders at The Knot found that 58% of people who bend the knee feel “a lot” of pressure to plan a very unique proposal, according to a February survey.
Experts also found that 25% of recently engaged couples enlisted wedding professionals, such as photographers and event planners, to make sure they “want to get hitched?” ask, no problem.
Fields, 29, who teaches coding to kids near Washington, D.C., called on cameraman Elena Komarova, as well as Qusai Smirat and Chandler Fowles of Enchanting Engagements on the Upper East Side, to curate his pop-up proposal.
After seeing Komarova’s social media photos of the chichi cab — a 1978 vehicle that Smirat and Fowles offered for $1,000 asking price — Fields decided to get Green’s hand in high gear.
“I surprised Re’Shae with a weekend trip to New York and Broadway tickets to ‘The Notebook,'” he confesses.
Two weeks before their visit, he had secretly arranged for Komarova and the cool car to be parked a few blocks away from the theater, ready for his grand gesture.
“I was nervous,” he laughed, recalling the butterflies in his stomach as he made his way to the special area. “Like us [approached the cab]I said, ‘There’s one last thing I want to do before we leave New York.'”
Fields then got down on one knee and presented Green, his college sweetheart of nearly a decade, with a 2-carat rock.
“I was very excited,” Green said. “People were shouting, clapping and shouting ‘Congratulations'”.
“I was living my own little love story in New York.”
Fowles, the operations manager at Enchanting Engagements, tells The Post her fashion taxi tends to take the town’s sweeties.
“New Yorkers, tourists who come here, want something iconic,” she said. “And this is so New York.”
Clients looking to take the first step toward walking down the aisle the old fashioned way typically book with Fowles and her team about two weeks before their proposal date. The profession then taps a photo and driver to accommodate companions for their happy occasion.
After each precious proposal, which usually takes place in the scenic DUMBO section of Brooklyn or in a beautiful area near Central Park, couples are treated to a 45-minute engagement shoot and a bottle of champagne.
The newlyweds are then chauffeured to their chosen celebration destination in the golden carriage.
“You get this magical moment in an old taxi, riding off into the sunset with your eternal love,” she said. “The concept totally excites people.”
Green agrees, praising the wonder-worthy wheels as the perfect launch for her lifelong journey with Fields.
“I had the proposal of my dreams in the city where dreams come true.”
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