The $10,000 Proposal Martini

by Deb West (RSS feed)
Jan 24th 2010 at 2:01PM

One of the signs that Spring must be just around the corner is not just that the days start to get longer, but that wedding and proposal specials start to proliferate. Many men must feel a lot of pressure to not only pick the right diamond engagement ring but to propose in such a manner that their fiance will have a great story to tell all of her friends, not to mention her mother. Some people are just naturally creative and others need a little bit of help and inspiration.

The Algonquin Hotel in New York City is prepared to help the creatively impaired, offering what is possibly the most expensive martini ever. The Grey Goose $10,000 proposal cocktail comes with a one-of-a-kind diamond ring placed in the glass. This specialty cocktail is served by a white gloved waiter in a crystal glass on a silver platter in the hotel's famous Blue Bar. The hotel arranges for clients to work one on one with a private jeweler to customize the engagement ring picking carat size, number of stones and the setting. The hotel needs at least 72 hours notice to set up this arrangement.

The hotel opened in 1902 and has long been famous for being the center of the city's literary and theatrical circles. If your intended is a big reader she might get a kick out of being proposed to in the same room where literary geniuses such as William Faulkner, Sinclair Lewis, and Derek Walcott spent their time.

As an aside, should the love of your life be more into spending time at the mall than the local library, Ivanka Trump is serving up a different offer at her Bridal Bar. Any diamond engagement ring bought comes with the "New York Proposal" package featuring a free night at one of the Trump Hotel Collection properties in New York City. The package also comes with complimentary long stemmed roses, champagne, dinner at the famed Jean Georges restaurant as well as breakfast in bed the next morning.

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rockymet Jan 24th 2010 3:32PM

$100,030 Martini.
Some years ago I shared two $15 martinis that led to a relationship that cost $100,000 to get out of. Now looking back, the whole affair was worth it.

rwayne52 Jan 25th 2010 5:38PM

Christine,
Please forgive any distress my post caused. No one in that long past chapter of my my life behaved badly, no one was "taken to the cleaners". Nothing in my post deserved the profane reply.

Billie Jan 26th 2010 10:18AM

Christine, He was probably using the word "affair" to mean "event". Sometimes you have to read into the words that are written and use them in the context of the sentence around them. I think to break it down for you what he is saying is that it might have cost a lot of money to get out of the marriage, but it was all worth it in the end, because it wasn't all bad times. Am I close, Rocky?

rockymet Jan 27th 2010 12:12AM

Billie is close to being right, thanks for looking a little deeper for understanding.
The two martinis led to a successful relationship (no marriage), at the close an event occurred that cost me $100,000, no foul on either part.

I do have funnier martini stories including a recent one from the Sea Horse Lounge at Caesars Palace.

I am new to this site and look forward to future civil joust. ;-)

Oh Please Jan 25th 2010 8:47AM

Realize how dated this idea is?

The Oak Bar in Boston has done this for a MINIMUM of 10 years - $10k engagement martini.

xantoz Jan 25th 2010 3:20PM

this website you have posted is a trajan horse - DON"T OPEN HIS WEB SITE!!

yabbi Jan 25th 2010 11:18PM

All that classy razz-ma-tazz, but who wants to fish a ring out of a drink then put it on? What a mess.

Who wants to drink something that ring has been soaking in? Lord knows where the ring has been, and that alcohol is not going to kill germs.

I'll bet a big chunk of that change went to the cost of setting up the whole scenario.

What a load of hooey.

Meh.

ewazobia Jan 25th 2010 5:00PM

it seems everyone gets creative to propose, but noone does to save their marriage when it's on the edge. It's not how creative you are or how much money you spend on your wedding that matters, it's how long it last.

xxrosexofxsharyn Jan 26th 2010 12:25PM

Exactly.

BigD16 Jan 25th 2010 5:20PM

Some chicks would root through a martini glass full of dirt like a pig rootin for truffles if she thought there was a diamond ring at the bottom of that glass. lol

summer3347 Jan 27th 2010 8:47PM

This was laugh out loud funny! So true....

annetteorr4 Jan 25th 2010 9:55PM

Hey, I'm one of those chicks that would dig through that glass of dirt!! I'd certainly do what ever it took ( to a certain point of course) to put my eyes on the prize.

lisadrockhill Jan 26th 2010 1:03AM

This was some of the best laughs I have had recently. BIGD16, you are so right. Too funny! LOL ~ Really!

lisadrockhill Jan 26th 2010 1:08AM

Love the comment by BIGD16. That was so funny and so true. Ha! I really enjoyed my laughter out loud...

Sara Jan 26th 2010 10:55PM

I don't get it, the ring alone is a least 10 grand unless the diamond is a chip , or does it start at 10,000 . ?? forget the martini just take me to Tiffanys and let me pick my own ring out..

Harrysvicki Jan 26th 2010 9:09AM

Ivanka Trump's engagement pkg comes with a night at a hotel. It's funny to see in print( But so true) that society now accepts the fact that bedding comes before marriage in real life as well as the dictionary.

miroda Jan 26th 2010 9:31AM

My wife (girlfriend at the time) planned this big east coast baseball trip together visiting several MLB parks and ending up in Niagara Falls for the 3rd of July. Our first date was on the 3rd of July. I had secretly opened a box of cracker jacks and made a wrapper that looked real with an engagement ring I picked out for her tucked inside. We went out to watch the fireworks out by the falls (Canada was celebrating their day on the 3rd). That when i handed her the cracker jacks and she found the prize asked if i wanted it and insisted she opened it just as she did i got down on one knee and "popped" the question. To this day she says it was the best proposal she could have dreamed of.

sherlockia Jan 26th 2010 9:33AM

But how much do you have to pay to get good service at the Algonquin bar? The waiters in the lobby are notorious for bad service along with their bad attitudes. The rest of the staff at the Algonquin are first-rate, but the waiters act as if your mere presence is a major annoyance. Note to anyone planning to propose on bended knee--don't move the chairs. God forbid if you move a chair out of its assigned location.
Love the hotel, love the ambiance of the lobby, but someone should remind the waiters that they are in a service industry.

ADMR Jan 26th 2010 9:48AM

Limited ENGAGEMENT 4WE Know each Other Very Well.....

Starjockey2 Jan 26th 2010 1:02PM

My husband presented me with a 4 carat Emerald cut ring, which had been placed on top of a hot fudge Sundae, on Christmas Eve, 18 years ago. I was thrilled and surprised. I think all women like a little imagination from their men when they pop the question.

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