On a chilly Friday night, Sam's sister Heather persistently begged Sam to join her at Harpoon Brewery's St Patrick's Festival. Again and again Sam insisted that she wanted to stay home (because what beats a glass of wine and re-runs of SVU when it's snowing out?), but after enough pleading, agreed to join her sister out for a night in Boston. Little did Sam know she would meet her tall, dark & handsome John that night. From the moment they locked eyes there was a connection. Although it took an hour and several Harpoon beers, John mustered up the courage to introduce himself. A couple of hours of talking and laughter, he later had her number and, with some slight persuading, the promise of a first date. The rest is history.