Ian and I met in the summer of 2015. I was in Manhattan for a summer ballet intensive, and Ian was my very first date. On that first date, Ian took me to the Highline in Chelsea and afterwards, he showed me his New York: from overpriced Pad Thai in Chelsea Market* to the streets he roamed as an undergraduate at NYU. We sat in Union Square and talked about Uganda, New York and Chicago. He even took a call from his mom! We met on the Highline at 1 pm, and it wasn't until 1 am that we finally parted in the East Village. I knew I had found someone special, and that I wanted to get to know him, even if that meant going all the way to Brooklyn. *Ian would like the record to show that overpriced Pad Thai is NOT part of his New York. It was merely what he chose while in Chelsea Market (and was summarily disappointed).