It's funny how we remember our most cherished life moments so vividly and full of color as if it happened yesterday. Francesca swore off of dating co-workers Chris thought she was out his league It started with an unassuming handshake and casual chitchat about our favorite NPR segments, office gossip, must-try restaurants in DC, and book recommendations and somehow our passions broke loose Chris, in another life, was a pro-snowboarder and biker he loved following recipes to a tee when cooking Francesca is a self-proclaimed yogi and avid happy hour goer she is too proud to measure ingredients when cooking but we both love to cook, find new hobbies and adventures both ambitious and driven with our careers both feminists he thought we might be on to something here she thought that he was different from the rest unique and quirky with his ways perhaps even special but it wasn't until a random (perhaps drunken text) from Chris "American Ice?" (a bar we all frequented in DC) that spurred our relationship Francesca, of course, did not show up to American Ice and pretended that she received this text from an unknown number fully knowing it was indeed Chris and with a smirk on her face, she knew it was game time. Chris made a killer Elk Lasagna he'd offered to bring some for Francesca the next day she casually says "sure" interested about the recipe he followed fast-forward to 2021 a sweet puppy, a house, and a whole pandemic later as well as several adventures in between Today, she still remembers how good that Elk Lasagna was.