Curt and Mary first met at a beer festival where he was representing Voodoo Brewery and Mary was repping Southern Tier Brewing. In between sessions, Mary went to look around at the other breweries and saw one that said they were from Meadville, PA. She walked up excited to ask the tall, tank top wearing, man bun sporting cute guy if he could pour her a beer as she was amazed to find a brewery from her hometown! So, she struck up a conversation with the pouty looking guy saying, "Hey you’re from my hometown!" Curt was intrigued by the wit and banter of this cute 24-year-old lass, so he asked where she was from. "Oh, I'm from Conneaut Lake!" said Mary, to which Curt replied, arms crossed and with a short and snarky, "That’s not Meadville.” Mary was surprised and confused as to if that was flirting or annoyance but she smiled and walked to the next booth to try other craft beers. The night would go on and Mary would continue look for Curt but he had left shortly after their encounter to attend a Slightly Stoopid concert. Curt would then spend the next few weeks asking his friends in the brewing industry who the cute green eyed girl from Southern Tier was, but was unable to find her. Both thought they would never see each another again and they wouldn't for over a year until Mary moved back home to Conneaut Lake. Curt and Mary would eventually reconnect at Voodoo and after she denied his first several attempted overtures, she eventually obliged and went to dinner with him. The rest is history and the two would live somewhere between flirting and annoyance with each another ever after.