Mike and Briana met in St. Louis, in October 2013, in a popular neighborhood called Soulard, where they both happened to live. One Red October night (Go Cards!), Briana and Mike both happened to be at their local watering hole, Hammerstone's. Briana was with her two friends, Sarah and Stephanie, and in walked "a guy with a beard who was really cute." After finishing a few drinks, the three girls and Mike happened to get on the same shuttle down to another bar, Paddy O's, near the Cardinals stadium for the NLCS. The Cardinals were playing the Dodgers to go to the World Series. When the shuttle dropped us off near the stadium, we were on the opposite side of where Paddy O's was located, so Briana casually told Mike "we aren't following you I swear. We're just lost." As they were about to enter the bar, Mike was finishing a beer outside and Briana walked inside but decided to wait for him. Mike must have "not seen" Briana and strolled past her. Briana thought he wasn't interested. However, later that night, Mike walked back up to Briana at the bar and asked to buy her a drink with a pickup line: "So, I saw that you saw I was talking to girls over there, but those are just my friends' girlfriends...so, can I buy you a drink?" After talking at Paddy O's, watching the Cards beat the Dodgers, and Briana telling Mike she was a foodie, they decided to end the night at a karaoke bar, where they "twirled" the night away to music. The next day, the two decided to take their dogs– Parker and Rocky– to the dog park with Briana's roommate Sarah as backup (just in case). Rocky knocked Sarah over giving her a face full of dirt, but that didn't matter to Briana. Mike, Briana, Rocky, and Parker have been inseparable since with 4 states they've called home, countless adventures, and even a new dog addition to the family–Lee "Ollie" Gubosh.