A SIGN OF HIS AFFECTION NOT ALL BILLBOARDS EYESORES.Byline: RICK COCA Staff Writer ENCINO -- What better way to show your girlfriend a sign of your love than to literally show her a sign of your love? Roberto Giliberti, 30, of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. did just that Tuesday when he plastered plas·tered adj. Slang Intoxicated; drunk. plastered Adjective Slang drunk Adj. 1. a billboard on Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. with the words: "Malia, will you marry me? Love, Roberto." As loads of evening commuters drove down the busy thoroughfare THOROUGHFARE. A street or way so open that one can go through and get out of it without returning. It differs from a cul de sac, (q.v.) which is open only at one end. 2. Whether a street which is not a thoroughfare is a highway, seems not fully settled. -- and with Malia Kim's teary-eyed family looking on, Giliberti removed Kim's blindfold blindfold worn by personification of justice. [Art: Hall, 183] See : Justice , pointed to the huge red sign with white lettering just northeast of Lindley Avenue, dropped to one knee and proposed marriage. And after a surprised moment, Kim said ... yes. "I had no idea," Kim, 21, said after being whisked to the intersection in a limousine. "I was really shocked ... I just thought we were going to dinner." "Everybody will remember it," said a jubilant and somewhat relieved Giliberti. "She'll remember it, and that's what's important." The pair have been dating for about two years and met while working together in Calabasas and Westlake Village, where Giliberti manages several restaurants and Kim, a student at California Lutheran University Mission statement The University's mission statement is as follows: "California Lutheran University is a diverse, scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. in Thousand Oaks, works as a waitress and bartender. At a dinner with friends a few months ago, the marriage question came up. A mutual friend said since he worked for a major jeweler, he might be able to help move the engagement process along. "Whenever I'd mention it," Kim said about getting engaged, "(Giliberti would) say, 'Let's wait, let's wait."' Little did she know that Giliberti's friend contacted him and suggested a billboard proposing marriage and his company, Robbins Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Jewelers, would pay for it. Tuesday's event helped promote a service the company has in which men buying engagement rings can get advice and assistance from the company in how to best "pop the question." "(Giliberti) wanted to do something really special for her," said Tracey Lyles, a Robbins Bros. spokeswoman. "He wanted something to really 'wow' her." It seems Kim -- along with her family -- has been wowing Giliberti all along. A native of Italy, Giliberti said his close-knit family has a lot in common with Kim's, who are half- Polynesian with Hawaiian roots. "She loves her family as much as I love mine," he said. Kim's father, Jeffrey Kim of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , who witnessed the proposal along with his wife, Brenda, and several of their children, was elated e·lat·ed adj. Exultantly proud and joyful. e·lat  ed·ly adv.e·lat , heaping loads of praise on his future son-in-law. "I knew he would do something big; I didn't know it would be this big," he said. "But now the real work begins. "I have to plan the wedding." rick.coca(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3329 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Roberto Giliberti and fiancee Malia Kim are all smiles after Giliberti proposed to Kim with some help from a billboard on Ventura Boulevard in Encino on Tuesday. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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