Our "Meet Cute" will surely excite & delight, but we think it prudent to keep it simple on this site. Let's just leave it as: We met through mutual friends. When he first moved to Baltimore, Sean had 2 roommates: Dan Murphy and Jeremy Prince (both made the cut for groomsmen). Hannah met Dan at Fordham University while visiting her best friend and MOH, Kate McGee. Later, Hannah would meet Jeremy through her college roommate, Patty Morrow. You hear the phrase "Small World"- or fitting regionalism "Smaltimore"- when things of this nature transpire. Romantics like to aim higher and espouse notions of "Fate," "Destiny," and "True Love." Really, it came down to a few trusted advisers recommending that they meet. Sean- risking it all, going out on a limb- reached out to Hannah on an ancient social media site called "Facebook" and asked for a date. They met at a local burger joint called "Koopers Tavern" where Sean informed Hannah that he was a vegetarian and Hannah recalled an episode of "This American Life" in which journalists uncovered that most restaurants serve pig's anus as calamari. They have enjoyed many a meatless burger, with the occasional swine's "tail," ever since.

There we are- we'd traveled 2 days and 300+ miles to be together with dear friends in a foreign land. Everything was perfect...except for some intense intestinal distress.