We are absolute Salt & Straw fanatics! Our favorite flavors? Salted, Malted, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (YY) and Honey Lavender (KC)

We have tried to be intentional in decorating our home with pieces from artists who are BIPOC, Women, LGBTQ+ and/or dear friends. Support us in continuing this cause by helping us further expand our collection with works by artists we have come to love!

We love taking care of our home, but we certainly appreciate it when we can receive help in maintaining it. We work with a local women's cooperative through which we have found lovely home-cleaning professionals who do a fantastic job in providing a serene, clean space for us!

We are moving soon and know we will want to do some home improvement projects in our new space!

Brown Estate is one of our absolute favorite vineyards (and is the first and only Black-owned estate winery in Napa Valley!) We cannot recommend them enough, and if you come over, we would love to share a bottle with you!

Brown Estate is one of our absolute favorite vineyards (and is the first and only Black-owned estate winery in Napa Valley!) We cannot recommend them enough, and if you come over, we would love to share a bottle with you!

Giving back is deeply important to us, and serving our community is a value we will continue to follow throughout our marriage. We donate monthly to NY Common Pantry, an organization dedicated to ending food insecurity in NYC. We would be humbled if you would also consider donating to this organization that means so much to us.

Giving back is deeply important to us, and serving our community is a value we will continue to follow throughout our marriage. We donate monthly to the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, an organization dedicated to funding research and awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in mental illness. We would be humbled if you would also consider donating to this organization that means so much to us.

Giving back is deeply important to us, and serving our community is a value we will continue to follow throughout our marriage. We donate monthly to Advocates for Children of New York, an organization dedicated to protecting every child’s right to an education, focusing on students from low-income backgrounds who are struggling in school or experiencing school discrimination of any kind. We would be humbled if you would also consider donating to this organization that means so much to us.

Giving back is deeply important to us, and serving our community is a value we will continue to follow throughout our marriage. We donate monthly to Prosperity Now, an organization dedicated to advancing financial literacy in marginalized communities and advocating for systemic policy changes to expand economic opportunity for all people of all backgrounds to build sustainable wealth. We would be humbled if you would also consider donating to this organization that means so much to us.

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at Rubirosa? Rubirosa Supreme Pizza

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together (and bonus, this is where Yacob surprised Kristen with an engagement party!) Our favorite dish at OTH? The spicy crab pasta

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at Daigo? Yellowtail scallion hand roll

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at Pastis? Steak sandwich

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at Boqueria? Gambas al ajillo

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at Carbone? The spicy rig

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at I Sodi? Lasagne a sugo

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at Misi? The sheep's milk ricotta filled occhi

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at L'Artusi? The bucatini

We are absolute Salt & Straw fanatics! Our favorite flavors? Salted, Malted, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (YY) and Honey Lavender (KC)

We plan to honeymoon across Italy & Spain! World Cup 2022 fans will know that there is nothing like the energy of a football match, and we are so excited to experience the electricity of a Barça game on their home field!

We plan to honeymoon across Italy & Spain! We cannot wait to explore the beautiful Amalfi coast and sail around the beautiful grottos!

If you know our household, you know ball is life. We love a good NBA game at the Garden, especially if the Wizards are playing the Knicks!

One of the first things we connected on was our shared appreciation for music that moves people. We really love a healthy belt and a killer riff, especially one on a Broadway stage!

Macari Vineyards (North Fork, Long Island) is where we got engaged and it will now forever hold a special place in our heart!

We love the look, smell and feel of fresh flowers in our apartment!

We love to cook and want to learn how to make more Jamaican dishes! P.S. This book is known to be one of the best Jamaican cookbooks in production and is relatively rare, so we appreciate whatever copy could make its way into our home!

For park picnics, grocery store hauls, or picking up whatever art Kristen has found vintage shopping - we need an easier way to move stuff around the city!

If you have come over, chances are that our house smelled like this candle. It's one of our favorite scents!

If you have come over, chances are that our house smelled like this candle. It's one of our favorite scents!

As a Miami native, Kristen is used to (and needs) humidity in her life, and Yacob has come to feel the same.

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at Rubys? Creamy chicken pasta, side of truffle fries

We love to experiment in the kitchen, and we can't wait to see what we can sear, char, caramelize and top with this kitchen blow torch!

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at Sugarfish? Tuna sashimi

We plan to honeymoon across Italy & Spain! Kristen's favorite wine comes from Montepulciano, which is a wine-producing region of Tuscany known for its thick-skinned red grapes. We can't wait to explore the vineyards!

We plan to honeymoon across Italy & Spain! We both love learning and are so excited to immerse ourselves in the history of Rome.

We plan to honeymoon across Italy & Spain! We love supporting and engaging with local artists and are excited to watch a flamenco show in the heartland of the art form, Seville.

We plan to honeymoon across Italy & Spain! We cannot wait to dine at the beautiful Enoteca La Torre, known for its stunning dishes situated in a beautiful villa

We plan to honeymoon across Italy & Spain! We cannot wait to dine ou way across Barcelona, and are particularly excited for a special dinner at Cocina Hermanos Torres.

These gorgeous coffee table books celebrate some of the most glamorous, inspiring, and groundbreaking Black women and men of the 20th century.

Maison Noir is another one of our favorite labels (founded by an incredibly talented Black sommelier named André Hueston Mack). We cannot recommend them enough, and if you come over, we would love to share a bottle with you!

Since we plan to become Brooklyn residents, we want to explore the best of Brooklyn art and culture. We are big fans of BAM and wish to continue to support and experience all it has to offer!

A no-effort approach to salt and pepper that looks chic. Love that.

For every NBA watch party we host in our apartment!

Looking to decrease our time to glass from bottle!

We want to upgrade our famous eggplant parm and give her a new home!

Fun fact: this is the steamer most stylists use for the Met Gala. So naturally, we need one in our house

If you have come over, chances are that our house smelled like this candle. It's one of our favorite scents!

Since we plan to become Brooklyn residents, we want to explore the best of Brooklyn art and culture. We are big fans of the Botanic Garden and wish to continue to support and experience all it has to offer!

Yacob is head baker in the KCYY household, and we need to upgrade his setup!

We plan to honeymoon across Italy & Spain! We both love Spanish olive oils, and incorporate them into our cooking often. We can't wait to learn more about the Andalusian production, pressing, and filtration process, and see why they call it "liquid gold."

We plan to honeymoon across Italy & Spain! We love art and architecture and are so excited to explore the intersections of Moorish, Romanesque, and Gothic architecture that are notable in Southern Spain!

We plan to honeymoon across Italy & Spain! Besides Jamaican and Ethiopian food, we love Italian food and spend a lot of time together seeking out the best New York has to offer for different Italian regional foods and delicacies. While on our honeymoon, we are so excited to immerse ourselves in an overnight cooking school in an Italian villa. We will stay overnight in a beautiful villa, be led throughout the day in a couple of intensive cooking sessions guided by a top local chef, and enjoy the fruits of our labor with some prosecco in the evening. We love to cook and are so excited to learn how to make some of our favorite dishes!

We have tried to be intentional in decorating our home with pieces from artists who are BIPOC, Women, LGBTQ+ and/or dear friends. Support us in continuing this cause by helping us further expand our collection with works by artists we have come to love!

We want to preserve as many memories of our wedding day as we can, including the beautiful work of our florist with Kristen's bouquet!

A beautiful salad bowl is an entertaining must!

We love to cook and want to learn how to make more Ethiopian dishes!

Brown Estate is one of our absolute favorite vineyards (and is the first and only Black-owned estate winery in Napa Valley!) We cannot recommend them enough, and if you come over, we would love to share a bottle with you!

We are a breakfast smoothie household and figure it is time to upgrade our smoothie game!

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at Rezdora? Gnocco fritto

We love each other a lot, but we love nothing more than eating a good meal together. Our favorite dish at Lilia? The agnolotti

Kristen loves pineapples (fun fact: they are the international symbol of hospitality) and loves a beautiful bookcase, so this is a perfect melding of the two

Imagine the number of loaves of white chocolate bread we could make when we don't have to knead the dough ourselves!

We love to cook and entertain, so we need a bigger pot to do so!

We have tried to be intentional in decorating our home with pieces from artists who are BIPOC, Women, LGBTQ+ and/or dear friends. Support us in continuing this cause by helping us further expand our collection with works by artists we have come to love!

Make sure we don't waste a drop of our best wine!

For every NBA watch party we host at our apartment!