Even though they both grew up on Long Island and shared mutual friends during high school, Jess and Ted didn’t meet until they were living in Brooklyn around 2012. Ted was working at a bicycle shop in Greenpoint, close to where Jess lived, and they often ended up in the same social settings - but not much became of it at the time. Fast forward to July 17th, 2022 in Los Angeles. Jess decided to take her dog, Lola, for an evening rollerskate on the LA River Bike path, where separately, Ted was on his way to the local skatepark at the same exact time. As Jess was rollerskating, she saw a skateboarder coming her way, and had to stop because Lola gets very excited by skateboards- and she didn’t want to fall. As the skateboarder got closer, she immediately recognized him, pointed at him, and said “I KNOW YOU!”. The two hadn’t seen each other in about 10 years, but had both just moved to the same area of Los Angeles. They stopped and chatted, and have been inseparable ever since. On Dec 23rd, 2023, at sunset, Ted proposed to Jess in the same spot on the LA River where they had reconnected. She of course said yes, and now they are getting married in a lovely little park just steps away from their special spot.