We met through JB and the Maple Leaf, where Ryan and JB work. Diana was friends with JB, and would go to the Maple Leaf to hear friends' bands play. Ryan had just come back from Las Vegas when they had met, and both had asked JB about the other one. They were planning a time to hang out one-on-one right before Christmas 2021, when Diana got the Omicron virus, and was put into quarantine until the ban was lifted for healthcare workers, and she was able to attend her CNN NYE performance at the Howlin' Wolf. Ryan found out she was out of quarantine, came and met her at Howlin' Wolf right before midnight, and then we Irish Goodbye'd that party and made our way to Snake & Jake's until the wee hours of the morning.