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We can't wait to celebrate with you! Please note that in order to get the room block discounts, The Palms must be booked by 1/20/23 & The Hilton must be booked by 2/9/23.
We can't wait to celebrate with you! Please note that in order to get the room block discounts, The Palms must be booked by 1/20/23 & The Hilton must be booked by 2/9/23.
March 11, 2023
The Palms Hotel & Spa - Miami Beach, FL

Carli & Dave

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Dave Kralick

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Carli Shaw

March 11, 2023

The Palms Hotel & Spa - Miami Beach, FL

Our story

Two college kids who fell in love….

It was Fall Semester of 2014 at Towson University when Carli was hanging at her friends apartment, who happened to be Dave’s fraternity brother in Theta Chi. A few hours into the evening, the “Goonies”, a group of Theta Chi’s, came over to the apartment. One of the guys in particular stood out to Carli with his big warm smile, Long Island accent, and his arms wide open to give her a hug. Dave introduced himself as Goose and Carli replied in kind. Dave and his friends continued on with their afternoon, exchanged a few words with each other, and headed their separate ways. Carli went back to her dorm room to study, but kept thinking to herself “aw that one guy was so nice (& cute). I didn’t know frat boys could be so nice.” Little did she know that “Nice Guy” who she met in Towson Place Apartments would become her best friend and life partner. Later that week, Carli was eating lunch with her sorority sisters; they were talking about the upcoming Theta Chi Date Party that weekend and who they were all going with. Carli, who was newly single and loved a good date party, remembered that cute Theta Chi she had met the other night. Carli approached her friend, who was a brother in Theta Chi, and said “Taylor, I met a guy the other night. He goes by Goose and I need to go to the date party with him. Give him my number!” Carli was determined. Fast forward 24 hours…Carli gets a text from a New York number saying “hey, it’s Goose! Wanna go to Date Party with me?”…Mission accomplished. They went on to exchange a few texts and ultimately went to the date party as strangers. Date Party rolled around and Dave, along with a few of his brothers, picked Carli up outside of her dorm before going to the Linden Haus to pregame. Carli and Dave took one to many shots and took a few photos, one that would eventually be framed in their first apartment. As the night continued, the two partied, laughed, and drank the night away at The Crab Ranch. The rest was history. Carli was high-key obsessed. The two slowly became really good friends (with benefits) over the next year. What started out as a two strangers going to a frat party grew to be so much more. In January of 2016, the two made it official and finally put the label on it. Six years later and the two could not be more in love and ready to start their life together as The Kralick's.

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