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Couple shares love of life page 22
Say it with flowers page 23
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Happy Valentine’s
Couple shares passions Rene his Emily. It just so happens that after many years of working at John Henry Bikes, a duo of motorcycle junkies moved into the neighbourhood,
Emily Cross and Rene Wissell Emily, can you describe how you met: How lucky am I to have met my boy next door . . . and
bringing Moto Concept and a dog named Pooch with them. Now Rene says that I visited the back alley so that I could see him, but really I was there for the dog — and then one
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Halloween night two years ago a friendship turned into love and I was swept off my feet by a crazy Frenchman. Since that rainy North Vancouver night we have realized that we want to grow old together, travel to far away destinations and ride into many future sunsets — laughing every step of the way. Describe your first date: After the Halloween party, Rene invited me over to watch a hockey game at his place a few nights later — nothing too exciting. But, our best date was when Rene borrowed his friend’s motorcycle and he took me on my very first motorcycle ride up to Squamish and through the dirt roads along the Squamish Valley River. Five hours later we made it back home. What an awesome day! How do you like to spend time together: Cooking and sharing a bottle of wine, walking the dogs, sitting by the campfire listening to music and just being outside. How did the proposal go? We were in Mexico in January of last year (a first for
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EMILY Cross and Rene Wissell have countless things in common, from a love of bikes to the great outdoors. both of us) and he took me out onto the patio of our hotel room where he said (after
one too many tequila shots) See Duo page 23
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that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. He bought me a Mexican beach ring. Perfect. He did, however, ask again when he bought me my ring in June. We were at his friend’s shop and he hid the ring in a motorcycle helmet and waited for me to go to the washroom (which I never did and really, how romantic!) so he finally dragged me into the shop and pulled the box out of the helmet and asked again.
when we get old. Motorcycle rides, bike rides, vacations, who knows, maybe even hang gliding! We will make sure we keep common interests so that we can spend and make quality time for each other. What are your plans for Valentine’s Day? We will be flying back from Ontario at 2 a.m. and then will be spending the day moving into our new place. We will celebrate by making our first meal at our new home and share a bottle of champagne, I hope!
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When and where is the wedding? We are getting married on Galiano Island at Bodega Ridge Resort on April 23. It has turned into a weekend event as it is Easter weekend. There will be golf, a lamb roast and a redneck plaid rehearsal dinner How do you plan to make your love last: I guess the standard issue rules of honesty and listening to each other, but we both think that it is super important that we keep doing new things together, even
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