The year is 2018. Jack is working as a Customer Success Manager at SiriusDecisions, newly transplanted to San Francisco and still figuring out how to build the kind of friendships that last a lifetime. One day, a new Account Manager joins the team — a girl from Manhattan Beach who went to UC Berkeley. They exchange polite “nice to meet yous” and think nothing of it. For a year, they remained coworkers. But then something happened. Something they did not expect. They advanced to the next level: Work Friends. Happy hours turned into inside jokes. Slack messages multiplied. Office glances and venting sessions increased. They discovered a shared appreciation for “work breaks” that involved long walks along the Embarcadero — often with coworkers (shoutout to the Terminus Terrors), though Jack secretly hoped everyone else would be stuck in meetings so it was just the two of them. “Work Breaks” became “Rosé Breaks.” Work Friends became Real Friends. And even while they each dated other people, something kept pulling them back toward each other. A little jealousy. A lot of chemistry. And finally, in March of 2020 — excellent global timing — they had the conversation that changed everything. They decided to try. Months of quarantine and social distancing followed. What could have been an uncertain beginning instead became the clearest confirmation: they were better together. In a world that felt upside down, being with each other felt steady. Easy. Certain. The years that followed were filled with unforgettable trips, new jobs, countless park days in San Francisco, shared dinners, big milestones, a torn Lisfranc ligament and moving in together. In June of 2024, at a beautiful spa at Cavallo Point in Sausalito, Jack proposed — after spending the entire day visibly nervous and inexplicably refusing to put sunscreen on. Mackenzie said “yes”… to the man, not just the lobster. You could say they did the whole Jim-and-Pam thing. But what makes their story special isn’t just that it started with friendship — it’s that friendship is still the foundation. They balance each other in all the right ways: humor and steadiness, spontaneity and structure, big energy and quiet confidence. They make each other better. And now they can’t wait to celebrate this next chapter with all of you in Santa Cruz — a place that holds so many memories and means so much to them. Just make sure to bring your dancing shoes. And let's party.