It's all happening!

Nearly 4 years ago Tessa and Alex went to the wedding of their dear friends Michelle and Matico in Berkeley, CA. At the gathering the night before, Tessa spied a handsome stranger, who turned out to be the mysterious "Alex Markowitz," a friend of theirs she had heard about for years but never met! She "accidentally" ran into him regularly throughout the rest of the weekend (what a coincidence!), and thankfully he got the message. He met Matico and Michelle for dinner at Elia's Corner in Astoria soon after to get her phone number, and a couple weeks later they went on their first date at a now defunct whiskey bar in the East Village. They eventually moved in together and adopted a little wrinkly bulldog named Matilda. Last September they took a trip to Spain. On their first full day in Barcelona, Tessa took (dragged?) Alex on Rick Steve's walking tour "The Ramblas Ramble." During a pause in Plaça Reial, he proposed. Once she was able to respond, she said yes! They celebrated with cava at an outdoor cafe while the sun set, and look forward to getting married in October. (They never did finish that tour, though.)