The spectacularly elegant restaurant Maestro (1700 Tysons Blvd., McLean; 703-821-1515) accommodates spouses-to-be with extra-private tables, a special five-course tasting menu, and a choice of ring-bearing desserts, from a spun-sugar box to a pastry dome to a dessert strewn with rose petals. Upstairs in the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner (703-506-4300), the $279 special-occasion package provides a lovely room and a chilled bottle of Champagne.
Washingtonian staff contributing to this section were Chuck Conconi, Sherri Dalphonse, Susan Davidson, Mary Clare Fleury, Cynthia Hacinli, Thomas Head, Stephanie Jones, Ann Limpert, Drew Lindsay, Chad Lorenz, Leslie Milk, William O'Sullivan, Cindy Rich, and Jeremy Stahl. Also contributing were writers Cathy Alter, Ann Cochran, and Jenny Sullivan
