Equinox executive chairman Harvey Spevak and girlfriend of four years Bianca Peters, a former co-anchor on Fox 5 \u201cGood Day New York,\u201d are engaged, Page Six has exclusively learned.<\/p>\n
Peters told us Spevak swept her away last weekend to El Paso, Texas, \u201cwhere [her] extended family and only remaining grandparent live,\u201d and planned a big proposal complete with a mariachi band, a string quartet and Taco Bell.<\/p>\n
The evening kicked off at Amalur Kitchen & Bar, where Spevak popped the question within 10 minutes in front of family and friends, including Bilt couple Ankur Jain and Erika Hammond<\/a>.<\/p>\n Four Bridges String Quartet played \u201cCowboy Take Me Away\u201d by the Chicks, a song that Peters says represents her late grandmother, Irene Castillo, as Spevak asked her to be his wife.<\/p>\n Equinox chairman Harvey Spevak and Bianca Peters got engaged in El Paso, Texas. @megangarzaphotography<\/p>\n Spevak brought Peters to tears with his proposal. @megangarzaphotography<\/p>\n \u201cIt was freakin\u2019 water works the whole time,\u201d Peters said. \u201cHe got down on one knee, asked me the question \u2014 I kept crying and saying, \u2018I\u2019m sorry.\u2019 And he had to follow up!\u201d she added.<\/p>\n The engagement wasn\u2019t a huge surprise since she found it suspicious that they were going to the desert in El Paso without there being \u201ca cousin\u2019s birthday or a wedding,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t just go for no reason,\u201d Peters said. The location and engagement was also special to her grandmother, who passed away three years ago, and had only met Spevak via FaceTime. During their conversation, her grandmother told him, \u201cNo ring, no Bianca,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n That surprise weekend getaway without a reason had her frantically packing white ensembles, including the L\u2019Agence dress from Bergdorf she wore to receive her ring. In Spevak\u2019s case, he traded his signature street sneakers for cowboy boots \u2014 a shock to Peters.<\/p>\n An all female mariachi band performed for the couple and their guests. @megangarzaphotography<\/p>\n Spevak popped the question in front of pals including Bilt couple Ankur Jain and Erika Hammond. @megangarzaphotography<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Spevak pulled out all the stops hiring local female-led businesses, including Sunnyside Events, floral and textile designer Mu\u00f1oz Taller de Dise\u00f1o as well as Mariachi Femenil Flores Mexicanas, an all-female mariachi band.<\/p>\n The best part? \u201cHarvey gave a full speech in Spanish, and that man does not speak a word of Spanish. He obviously read it from his phone. It was the funniest accent ever,\u201d Peters, who is Mexican-American, said.<\/p>\n The couple\u2019s love story started when she and former colleague Rosanna Scotto<\/a> interviewed Spevak via satellite during the pandemic<\/a>. \u201cWe could see him, but he couldn\u2019t see us. Rosanna planted the seed,\u201d Peters revealed. They later linked at a party in the Hamptons, and sparked up a romance.<\/p>\n The couple have been dating for over four years. Alexander Tamargo<\/p>\n Peters credits her former \u201cGDNY\u201d co-anchor, Rosanna Scotto, for planting the seed to date Spevak. Getty Images for Cantor Fitzgerald<\/p>\n The couple\u2019s engagement night ended with late night Taco Bell. @megangarzaphotography<\/p>\n Spevak told us he \u201ccouldn\u2019t be happier to be engaged to Bianca.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s an incredibly special person and I look forward to building our future together,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n The couple\u2019s big evening ended at Kala BajaMed, where DJ La Flaquita Anali spun tunes and health-conscious Spevak had snacks delivered from Taco Bell because \u201che knows I love [it],\u201d Peters said.<\/p>\n When it comes to the wedding, Peters hopes for a day just as magical as the night she said, \u201cYes.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d like to get married in Mexico with more mariachis and lots of tequila!\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Equinox executive chairman Harvey Spevak and girlfriend of four years Bianca Peters, a former co-anchor on Fox 5…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[70740,88,88474,186,35509,1247,92],"class_list":["post-898169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-engagements","tag-entertainment","tag-equinox","tag-exclusive","tag-new-york-city-society","tag-society","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}