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One of our first dates. The relationship lasted, the beard did not.

A trip to the County Fair

The couple's first Comic Con. Mike decided to dress like a character from a newspaper comic. Bella decided to stay with him anyway.

In November of 2019, Bella and Mike met these theme park cats, and had a lovely time. Incidentally, in December of 2019, Bella and Mike saw the movie Cats, and then a pandemic happened.

Bella's birthday trip to Universal Orlando

Their first holiday season together, the couple went to see the light show at Jones Beach, a wedding-venue-connection neither of them realized until out typing this caption.

At the Cricket World Cup in 2024

Mike shared an important piece of his Italian cultural heritage with Bella.

With a Theodore Roosevelt performer (Joe Wiegand) at Sagamore Hill. Almost 6 months later to the day, the proposal happened on that porch.

As Mets fans, Bella and Mike have plenty of practice with loving something "for better and for worse, for richer or for poorer."

Post-proposal on Theodore Roosevelt's porch

Bella and Mike pose with the Park Ranger who provided their tour of Sagamore Hill that culminated in their engagement. Fun fact: "Qui plantavit curabit," means "He who will plant will cultivate"

"No other happiness in the world is so great or so enduring as that of two lovers who remain lovers after they are married, and who never forget the tenderness and affection." Teddy Roosevelt, 9/26/02

Introduced by Adolphe-Alexandre Martin in 1853, the tintype, otherwise known as a melanotype, is a form of photography which uses lacquer and a thin piece of metal to...wait, where are you going?

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