It was a Thursday evening outside the NoMad Hotel. Alex was on his way out, having finished up a few drinks with a colleague. Eriko was on her way in -- she was just starting. Alex recalls some dashing and deeply professional lines that yielded this cute girl's phone number. According to Eriko, "he just started talking." He texted to invite her to a show that weekend. She was "sick." He tried again a few weeks later. They learned that they shared a birth date, and a few other things in common, despite being from opposite sides of the world. They explored New York; they started to travel. They found they liked the journey together.