An unexpected love story… Christopher and Alyssa had been brought together on a weekend trip for a mutual friend’s birthday. Christopher, still at PSU, assumed it’d be another weekend with the boys. While Alyssa was accompanying her best friend for her brother’s 21st celebration & unsure if she was up for the trip following fashion week at her first job. That first night, Christopher and Alyssa met and felt an instant connection. Christopher was funny, charismatic & a true gentleman. Something Alyssa was not used to in the NYC dating scene. Alyssa kept quiet but knew she was crushing on Christopher immediately. Christopher made the first move that night and the first chapter began. Christopher and Alyssa frequently kept in touch before they both reunited in New York City, where Christopher formally asked Alyssa to be his girlfriend. Countless adventures, trips around the world, a pandemic, and becoming roommates all inspired their never-ending love story with more to come. In February 2023, the next chapter begins as Christopher and Alyssa say “I do” at the Ritz Carlton of Lake Oconee, where the two took their first trip together.