Swingin' out to marriage

Cass first saw Adam at a holiday party at a friend's house back in 2014. A bunch of swing dancers had gathered after the vintage train ride, and Adam was warming up the crowd with some wickedly corny swing dance jokes. Though they hadn't met, Cass was quite taken with his goofy charm. They officially met a few weeks later at a bar in Fort Greene, where the Blue Vipers were playing, and became fast friends. Things started to blossom romantically by the time spring rolled around, and they have been sharing the charmed life together ever since.

For the past few years, Adam has thrown a HUGE birthday brunch party for Cass, cooking an amazing brunch spread, inviting all our friends over, and even bringing in a jazz band. This year was going to be extra special because he had a proposal up his sleeve. Unfortunately, Cass got super sick right before her birthday this year, so was having a total meltdown in the kitchen the night of the planned proposal. She was in her sweatpants with a fever, crying about how many people were going to be coming over and how useless she felt....it was then that Adam said, "Babe, I just wanna make birthday brunch for you every year for the rest of your life" and dropped a knee right there in the kitchen. It was incredibly sweet and memorable, and birthday brunch turned into a surprise engagement party for all our unsuspecting friends. Quite the way to turn 35!

On the Venn diagram that is our relationship, we have some unusual overlap in that middle area. We both love stuffed animals, playing Mario Kart 64, and hoarding cute toys and tchochkies all over the apartment. We also both love getting dressed up fancy and going to all the fun parties that come with the swing dance scene in New York. We have our own distinct hobbies and friendships, but at our core we love spending quality time with the people (and cats) we love. We are so grateful to have such supportive, awesome, loving friends and three amazing cats who snuggle us every night (Bailey, Madeline, Gandalf). Thank you for being a part of our life!