It began with a love of books, if you really think about it. We both worked at Barnes & Noble, though at different times in our lives, but thanks to some mutual friends, we were both invited to a dinner party, which we both happened to arrive late to. By chance, we wound up sitting next to each other, and struck up a conversation over our drink choices: variations of long islands and cosmos. The conversation evolved to travel and interests, and we talked until the restaurant closed, then till the bar closed, then till the dance club closed and our friends kicked us out of their apartment. We knew we felt a connection that we couldn’t let go of, and we were right.