moved to Long Island , New York , to live with him , and in January 2004 he proposed on a trip to St. Barts . `` He got down on his knee , and it was a complete surprise , '' Lee recalls . `` That made me feel really special . '' Though Scott Wolf , 35 , of `` Everwood , '' and Kelley Limp , 28 , formerly of `` Real World New Orleans , '' credit a friend with setting them up , in a way they can thank Oprah Winfrey . `` When I first called Kelley , '' says Wolf , `` she said , ' I just sat down with strawberries and chocolate milk to watch `` Oprah . '' ' '' Apparently it was not the best timing . `` Nobody calls me at 4 o'clock , '' says Limp . `` It 's an unwritten rule that I 'm watching `` Oprah '' . '' So Wolf decided to catch the episode , and they discussed it afterward . The chatting continued over a dinner date at Raoul 's in New York City . A year later , on a
-LRB- InStyle.com -RRB- -- Engagement season is in full swing , which , of course , means an influx proposals , but more importantly , tons of creative `` will you marry me ? '' scenarios to top . Take a cue from these celebrities by jaunting off to memorable destinations for a proposal your partner wo n't forget -LRB- or turn down ! -RRB- . Venice was the scene of Avril Lavigne and Dereyck Whibley 's engagement . St. Barts On their first date , Billy Joel took Katie Lee out to dinner , but on that November 2002 evening she got much more than a scene from an Italian restaurant . `` Afterward he took me to see `` Movin ' Out '' -LSB- the hit musical based on Joel 's tunes -RSB- , got onstage and sang the last two songs , '' recalls Lee , 23 , who was visiting New York from Ohio and first met Joel , 55 , in the lobby of the Peninsula Hotel , where both were staying . `` I knew he was trying to impress me . '' It must have worked ; six months after that meeting she