On a chilly January night, John was out with the boys and Ellie was enjoying a night with her girls. They both ended up at the local watering hole, Zenos due to mutual friends. The groups found themselves sharing cheese pizzas in the back booth, when Ellie overheard that John was from Pittsburgh. She struck up a conversation and realized that John grew up only 1 mile from Ellie's Muggie and Pap! The next day Ellie and John met up to watch the Steelers. They were having such a good time; we hardly noticed the devastating playoff loss. John invited Ellie over later that week and made her a very vegetarian-friendly dinner, which was delicious! On February 1st they were out celebrating Ellie's sister Katie's birthday at Low Beck, when John looked at Ellie and asked, "are we doing this?" They have been inseparable ever since and are OFFICIALLY doing this thing!