Lauren and Mary's first date was a quintessential Saint Louis one. They met for dinner at Salt & Smoke in the Delmar Loop, where Mary will tell you Lauren was all too characteristically chatting up a random couple at the table seated next to them. Over some Fitz's root beer and STL barbecue, Lauren and Mary hit it off. By the time dinner was over, they weren't ready for their date to end. Lauren then took Mary over to her old neighborhood in Saint Louis Hills, and they walked through Candy Cane Lane together. On their walk, Mary boldly told Lauren what the Christmas lights would look like on THEIR house together one day. Upon return to their cars after they had said goodnight, Lauren called her brother Drew and told him she knew she had just gone on her last "first date". This year Mary put Christmas lights on our house for the 2nd year.