Kara and Chris met in July 2016, while Kara was in Costa Mesa working on the national tour of The Sound of Music. They talked for about a week before they made a date (which Kara begrudgingly had to reschedule, and was shocked to find that Chris didn’t immediately write her off!) They went for lunch at a great spot in Huntington Beach and immediately hit it off. After a great second date, Chris decided to drive out to visit Kara on her day off in their next city, Las Vegas. After that trip, they decided to make their relationship official, and see how things would progress in their crazy travel-for-work lives. Kara still had another year left on the road, but Chris vowed to find a way for them to meet up every 4-6 weeks. They dated in New York, Myrtle Beach, Sacramento, San Jose, San Fran, Palm Desert, San Diego, Tucson, Costa Mesa, Boston/Worcester, Omaha, Nashville, Austin, and Washington DC! When Kara’s tour ended, Chris flew to meet her in NYC to pack up her apartment into a 5x8 Uhaul attached to the car her dad drove out to them from Omaha, and they made a cross country drive to move Kara and her two cats to Orange County in August 2017! Since then, they have had a blast razzing each other about sports, making each other laugh, and supporting each other’s creative endeavors! They even started their own acoustic duo, 3 Mile Radius, in 2018, and love arranging music together. Chris proposed to Kara on April 22 (her favorite number) while they were on vacation in Italy in April! (Fancy, they know!) Chris wanted to drive out to the coast to catch a Mediterranean sunset, and popped the question on a very romantic cobblestone pier in the seaside town of Ostia. They celebrated with Prosecco, Tiramisu and galavanting about Rome and the Amalfi Coast! They both feel like they’ve won the lottery in finding each other, and are really excited to have you help them celebrate this huge life win on November 7, 2019 (Which is a Thursday, because #thursdaysneverfail)!!