It all technically started in 2020… but for the sake of our families reading this, let’s fast-forward to 2021. One summer night, Caroline and her best friend Brooke were out in Newport (shocking, we know) and somehow scored two bar seats at The Clarke Cooke House. Enter JJ — flowing blonde hair, a blue sport coat, and a smirk that made an impression. After a martini (or two), JJ stopped to say hello… then casually walked next door to The Black Pearl. Caroline looked at Brooke, immediately closed the tab, and followed him. There, fueled by confidence (and cocktails), the girls convinced a slightly tipsy JJ to go on a double date the very next day — with Jim, who would later become Brooke’s husband. (See photo evidence from the night it all began ✨) The next afternoon, the four of them met at Matunuck Oyster Bar, all painfully hungover. Somehow, that lunch turned into drinks… which turned into dancing, singing, and staying out far too late at Pelham. From that day on, the rest was history. A few days later, Brooke and Caroline moved into their Newport house, and from then on, nearly every day was spent with JJ. There were dinners at what quickly became their apartment at the Pebble, sunset walks on Rejects Beach, endless laughs, and an impressive number of Aperol spritzes. A hangover lunch that never really ended turned into a life we can’t imagine without each other. From Newport summers to always, we’re so lucky this story became ours.