Dan and Emily met in Atlantic City, NJ on October 5, 2019. While Emily was on a birthday trip for Cassidy, the Maid of Honor, Dan was on a weekend trip with his guys celebrating his recent move to New York City. They met at the pool at one of the casinos when Dan walked up to their group of girls and asked "So are we celebrating Bride or Birthday?" Little did we know at the time that he'd ask Emily to be his bride just over a year later.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Dan, his sister Katy, and his mom Kay told me that we were invited to a birthday party for one of Kay's friends that was going to be on the rooftop of Acme. I was so excited to go because Acme is one of my favorite bars and it had been closed for the duration of COVID, but they said that the friend has rented out the entire top floor for the private event. Kay and Katy had some errands to run that morning, but they were going to meet us at the party around 3pm. When we arrived at Acme, Dan told the hostess we were "here for the private event" and she pointed us towards the elevator, said take it to the top, and enjoy the party. When the elevator door opened, there were flower petals everywhere and a giant marquee reading "MARRY ME". When Dan got down on one knee and asked me to marry him, it was the easiest decision I've ever made! We had a few minutes celebrating by ourselves and having some amazing photos captured, and then we were joined by both of our families and friends and had an incredible rooftop party overlooking Broadway!