My dad told me that it was love at first sight once they saw each other. Swan and James had their lunch and sure enough James said to Swan, “Can I go to the phone and call my boss to request some more time off?”
Swan took out her phone immediately and said, “You can borrow my phone.”
In Swan’s head, she knew that he was interested in because he asked his boss for more time off, to be with her. After their lunch together they walked over to Fisherman's Wharf as a happy couple. There they walked around and got ice cream together and got to know one another in a deeper way. They had an extravagant time watching the sunset and to see each one other. This would be the beginning of their 3 year long dating.
After that three years of dating, my dad decided pop the question. James and Swan drove happily down to Half Moon Bay as a couple to have a picnic on the beach on March 10, 1993. James drove the car and stopped at the beach and took the basket of food out. Inside the basket was sandwiches, grapes, drinks, and chocolate cake. They walked around the beach and had their food and then it came time for dessert and to ask the question. James pulled out the two pieces of chocolate cake with his hands shaking and asked,
“Would you like some cake to