Llyr says they noticed Emma for the first time at Pinhole Coffee in San Francisco. She was bussing dishes during her barista shift, and her smile was what drew them to her. Emma remembers how kind and handsome Llyr was on their first date, even though they made her hoof it up Bernal Hill. Shortly after they met, Emma went back to Vermont for the summer and Llyr visited and fell in love with the landscape. Emma returned to San Francisco and they moved in together soon after, growing their family with a couple of cats and a couple more dogs. Llyr and Emma made it through the pandemic Shelter-In-Place mandate without killing each other, and in 2021 they decided to skedaddle out of the city and escape to Vermont. They reconnected with Emma's pre-existing community and built a wonderful network of new friends in Vermont. In 2024, Emma proposed to Llyr in a 1700s New Hampshire farmhouse owned by family friends, and later that year Llyr returned the proposal on a beautiful beach in Ogunquit, Maine. In 2024, Llyr and Emma moved back to San Francisco, which is where they will "make it official." They hope to see you there or at their Vermont party the following Fall!