The two met "online" as Julia prefers to say. Mike prefers to tell it like it is: the couple is a Tinder success story. In those first awkward, cursory messages that we all know and love, Mike got Julia with his interest in travel and food. Julia got Mike with her authenticity and non-basic profile pictures. A date was decided upon and a dinner was scheduled at Brookline's Barcelona tapas bar, in honor of Julia's time spent abroad. The date, however, was not without its missteps : Julia was late (thanks to the MBTA Green Line, iykyk) and Mike neglected to make a reservation which resulted in the duo having the entirety of their first date (read: an hour and a half!) on a bench outside the restaurant before actually making it to the meal. Yet, if you were to ask either of them today, they wouldn't change a thing. In fact, that bench has become one of their very favorite places.