The day before Katie's 40th birthday her sister Lolo's managed to snag a last minute 9:30pm reservation at Katie's favorite restaurant of the moment, Rose Mary. Katie's sister Lolo, her friend Blair, and Katie all went off to dinner to kick-off the weekend of visitors and celebrations with little expectation for the night. In fact, Katie had decided she was sick of trying to find someone and was just going to enjoy her life. She was done with dating. Meanwhile, that same night Brian went to work at Rose Mary like any other day. As the night was wrapping up, he offered to stay to cover the last tables. Brian and Katie were talking and flirting all night while he served her party. They especially bonded over the best stands to get produce at farmers markets in Chicago. Lolo and Blair both encouraged Katie to leave her phone number for the super cute server! What a fun birthday surprise turn of events! Well, Katie is an idiot and didn't leave her number (bet you didn't see that coming!) Luckily she has an amazing sister and friend who wrote her phone number on the check for Brian. Talk about the best wing women ever!!! Brian texted THAT NIGHT giving Katie something to smile to when she woke up in the morning on her 40th birthday. They continued to chat over text for a couple of weeks until they could find a time to get a date set up. After that first date, the rest was history! Dates two and three came quickly thereafter. And now... here we are :)