After a pair of collective right swipes and chatting on music, food, and the Hudson Valley, we decided to meet face to face. Our first date, on a rainy fall night in NYC was filled with beaming smiles, nervous laughs, a shared meal of some of our favorite foods, and a long stroll on the Lower East Side. We soon found ourselves spending every free moment together, exploring new parts of NYC (aka, finding new food spots to satisfy our culinary curiosities) and before we knew it, we were in it to win it!
With all great love stories comes the special moment when the ring has been selected, then quickly hidden at home (in a guitar case at our place), and in some cases, like ours, flown across the Atlantic in a backpack en route to Italy. Dev popped the question at sunset on a Tuscan vineyard hilltop outside of Siena. We spent four beautiful days on this family-run farm, relaxing, eating, drinking vino, and making lifelong memories with our Italian hosts and co-travelers. The big moment was complete with a guitar serenade, sunset, champagne and family close by to share in our happy tears. It is a memory we will never forget, set in a place we will consider a home away from home for years to come.