Anniversary flowers in Santa Monica

The Santa Monica restaurant anniversary scene is unmatched in Westside Los Angeles. Mélisse (Joshua Skenes's Wilshire Boulevard fine-dining institution — one of LA's most acclaimed Michelin restaurants — the tasting-menu format hosts countless Santa Monica milestone anniversaries; the previous Josiah Citrin tradition continued under Joshua Skenes), Cassia (Bryant Ng's Cambodian-French-California institution on Wilshire), Felix Trattoria (modern Italian on Abbot Kinney), Forma Restaurant on Wilshire, Father's Office on Montana Avenue (the gourmet-burger institution), Lunetta (modern Italian), Citrin (the modern-Mediterranean spinoff of Mélisse), Hatchet Hall, Hotel Casa del Mar's Catch and Catch Steak, the Penthouse at the Huntley Santa Monica Beach (the rooftop with the Pacific-skyline panoramic view), and the Santa Monica Pier-adjacent restaurants. Standard restaurant protocol: maître d' coordination 20 minutes before reservation. The Santa Monica Pier (the iconic 1909 pier — with the Pacific Park amusement park, the 130-foot Ferris wheel, the Pier's iconic neon 'Santa Monica' sign) hosts proposals at sunset; Tongva Park (the Frank Gehry-designed 2013 waterfront park) hosts intimate engagement-photo and anniversary picnic celebrations; Palisades Park (the cliff-top park overlooking the Pacific along Ocean Avenue) hosts anniversary photo shoots. The Santa Monica Mountain Hill Crest along Mulholland Drive overlooks provide alternative anniversary photo venues with the Pacific-and-Santa-Monica-skyline view.