Ms. Feldman added that the couple has “grown very shut to one another’s dad and mom,” and that her mom and father, Susan Horowitz and Rick Feldman, have developed particular person friendships with Mr. Esocoff’s dad and mom “that exist independently from us.”
Coming from a household of architects and being one himself, Mr. Esocoff mentioned he at first “needed to come round to the concept of not marrying an architect.” However “once I considered whether or not Sascha could be a superb companion,” he added, “I figured, ‘Nicely, she offers with artists each day, so she should have the ability to put up with me.’ This proved to be appropriate in some ways.”
On Dec. 22, 2019, a number of hours earlier than the 2 have been to board a flight to Rome, Mr. Esocoff requested Ms. Feldman to marry him on the TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens. He described his proposal — which he had plotted out every week earlier with the maître d’ on the resort’s restaurant, Paris Café — as “an expression of affection by design.”
“We selected the proper desk,” he mentioned, and that the maître d’ would ship Ms. Feldman a wrapped field containing her engagement ring on the finish of their meal “as if it was a gift.”
However the field was really a replica of “Designing TWA: Eero Saarinen’s Airport Terminal in New York,” a e book concerning the historical past of the previous TWA Flight Middle, a chosen metropolis landmark, that turned the resort. “With a small X-acto knife, I hollowed out a sq. within the middle” of the e book “and inserted a chunk of froth for the ring to sit down in,” Mr. Esocoff mentioned.
Utilizing the TWA brand, he had additionally designed the paper it was wrapped in, in addition to stationery on which he wrote a be aware “within the voice of” Mr. Saarinen, the constructing’s architect, “wishing us luck on our massive journey,” he added.
