It's hilarious as I read these questions out loud to Kevin. We both went silent, and laughed because we both couldn't come up with an exact way. Was I bartending at attilios? Was it at Raymonds going away party? Not exactly sure but it feels like we have known of each other for years. When we finally did connect, he was out of work with an injury and had more free time than he had in years. It clicked and nothing has changed since then.

March 2020 was a whirlwind for all of us. After finally closing on space for The Emerson on March 1st - I was ready to conquer the world. 2 weeks later I was the most disheveled I have ever been as we entered a global pandemic. Kevin, as an essential worker, had to continue to travel and got down one knee in the middle of our empty construction zone before leaving for two weeks. Shocked was an understatement, I said yes after as he complained about his knee killing him on the concrete floor.