It was a Friday night in Portland. As the story goes, Laura Grace and her dear friends Alisa, Becca and JJ headed to the beloved Portland establishment, Bink’s. While there, a tall handsome man caught LG’s eye. So, with some talking up from her sisters, she sat down at the bar next to this mysterious gentlemen. Bink’s has a specific tag line- “Bink’s is for Lover’s”, so they aptly provide coasters that facilitate meeting a special someone in their cozy pub. LG grabbed a coaster, wrote her name down, checked the box that said ‘single’ and slid it down towards the man of the hour, Joe Phillips! The two began talking and realized they each shared southern roots, he from Arkansas, her from Tennessee. The night was ripe for falling in love, as PBR was cheap and Becca had loaded the jukebox with ballads. LG stood up to join her friends when Joe tapped her on the shoulder and said “May I have this dance?”. The rest was history. At the end of the evening, Joe wrote his number down on a book of matches and they eagerly awaited seeing each other again.