Mount Pleasant Magazine Jan/Feb 2019

65 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MtPleasant.pet | www.CharlestonBrides.com W ho doesn’t love a good proposal story? Love, surprise, romance and beautiful settings are the usual ingredients, but each profession of love is unique – and sometimes doesn’t quite go as perfectly as the groom or bride-to-be imagined. Mount Pleasant’s picturesque settings have hosted many a bended knee over the years; from on-water proposals to Memorial Waterfront Park to Alhambra Hall to Pitt Street Bridge and homes, backyards and special places in between. A SHRIMPLY PERFECT PROPOSAL When Eliza Magwood and her friends were stranded in a boat on a sandbar, she didn’t realize that the stranger oystering nearby who came to their rescue would ask for her hand in marriage a little over a year later. She connected with him on Facebook to thank him, and the rest is history. Rocky Magwood, a Mount Pleasant native, is in the family business selling seafood – he shrimps, crabs, picks oysters and runs boats as a licensed captain – so one cold day in February when he invited her to ride his uncle’s shrimp boat, Winds of Fortune, she didn’t suspect a thing. “We were in Caper’s Inlet, and he said, ‘Come up to the bow – I want to show you something.’ And we went up, and it was so surreal. He was on his knee and had the ring out and proposed. I was blindsided so much that I didn’t answer at first – he was still down there like, ‘So?’ and of course then I said yes,” she smiled. “He chose that exact spot because it’s near his family land and also near Awendaw, where I grew up, so it is very special to both of us.” Eliza and Rocky have been married since 2016, and now have a 6-month-old son, Cam. MEMORABLE MARRY-ME AT MEMORIAL WATERFRONT PARK Jamiel Kadri had originally planned to propose to his girlfriend, Bridgette, on a boat on a Tuesday evening in 2013 – their eight-month dating anniversary – but Bridgette foiled his plans and had already scheduled something, reminding him that they were still on for their routine Thursday date night. The couple usually spent Thursday evenings on the pier at Memorial Waterfront Park, sharing a to-go pepperoni pizza from Little Caesars and sipping red wine from Solo cups while watching the sun set. That Thursday, when Jamiel packed real wine glasses instead, she fussed at him because she didn’t think wine was actually allowed, and the glasses would be obvious. After sunset, pizza and wine – in the Solo cups – Jamiel finally popped the question. “I was in total shock and said yes, but I wouldn’t let him put the ring on my finger because we were right next to the water, and I didn’t want to lose it,” she said. “It was definitely a special place for us.” Today, the Kadris have two children, John Sidney, 3-and-a-half, and Zelie, 1-and-a-half. Another child is on the way. BY ANNE SHULER TOOLE Photo courtesy of the Magwoods. Mount Pleasant’s Hot Spots to Pop the Big Q Rocky and Eliza Magwood aboard the “Winds of Fortune” after Rocky popped the question. Bridgette and Jamiel Kadri beaming after the proposal at Memorial Waterfront Park. Photo courtesy of the Kadris. bridal