Marry me?

Things heard during my latest Uber ride ... "Will you marry me?"

This past Wednesday, two friends and I called for a car to take us to the airport. Our driver arrived at the appointed hour in a Ford F-150. After tossing our luggage into the flat bed, two of us got into the backseat and one in the front.

Our driver, loquacious despite the early hour, immediately struck up a conversation with the latest passenger to ride shotgun. And before I knew it, they were excitedly swapping recipes for shanklish and kibbeh, prepared by grandmothers both well-versed in Middle Eastern fare.

As we sped down the Mass Turnpike, the conversation grew more and more animated, eventually leading to his tongue-in-cheek proposal. 

He hugged all of us when we eventually hopped out at Terminal C, breaching both Uber protocol and New England sensibilities. So...

See you at the wedding?

"I realized very early the power of food to evoke memory, to bring people together, and to transport us to other places." - Jose Andres Puerta, chef