Jeff and Marissa met back in 2014 through Jeff's sister Amy. At the time Amy and Marissa were living their very responsible and mature adult lives as roommates in an apartment in Lakeview. Meanwhile, Jeff was busy opening Sportsman's Club and lived on the west side of town. A couple of years later the stars aligned and Jeff asked Marissa out on a date to see Bonnie Prince Billy at The Vic. Since then, the two have moved into an apartment in Logan Square, traveled to Europe, gone to Ikea without fighting, and have adopted an adorable and disobedient dog. The proposal happened on a trip to San Francisco over Labor Day weekend 2017. Jeff told Marissa he wanted to go on a trip to her favorite city. Marissa slowly grew suspicious when plans involved hiking through the redwoods. Even more curious was that Jeff wanted to stick with the hiking plans regardless of the record breaking 106 degree heatwave. Literally this was the hottest day that San Francisco had ever experienced. So we packed our day pack and crossed the Golden Gate Bridge. On our return trip back over the Golden Gate we were extremely dehydrated, happy, and engaged!