It was a brisk Saturday night. The Windy City Soul Club was spinning Motown records at the Empty Bottle, a local music venue in Ukrainian Village (an up-and-coming neighborhood on the west side of Chicago). Dylan and his friends, regular attendees of the monthly Windy City Soul Club, invited co-workers to the September 2015 set. Leah, Dylan's co-worker, decided to join her new colleagues and invite two of her girlfriends on a whim. One of those friends was none other than Lauren Blackburn. Rumor has it that Lauren made the first move by introducing herself and purchasing the first (of many) rounds of tequila soda waters, but it was Dylan (that very night) who asked if he could take her out on a date. Lauren & Dylan’s first date took place about a month later, the day before Lauren’s birthday. Why the delay, you ask? We invite you to ask and hear both sides of our stories!