Sam and Emma took to Hinge in their prime dating years to find love or something like it, and shockingly, they did. Emma found Sam charming and smart on their first date at Pinstripes in Bethesda, MD. Sam was elated when Emma was willing to split the bill. Sam, however, was too busy to accept Emma's several date requests in the following weeks. After some college football trash talking when Sam's Miami Hurricanes were losing to UVA in an embarrassing fashion, they reconnected and the rest ishistory. They survived a cross-country move, sharing a 650 sqft apartment, and COVID, all at the same time. Once they finally moved into an apartment over twice the size, and Sam finished grad school, the time was ripe for an engagement. Sam decided to pop the question in picturesque Tuscany, Italy after a top tier Chianti tasting (liquid courage). Emma accepted with joy and they got to wedding planning. After fretting many evenings over the kind of wedding they wanted, they decided they wanted not one wedding, but TWO! The first was an intimate and special ceremony in the mountains of Santa Barbara, surrounded by close family. And lucky you, you're coming to wedding #2, the party of a lifetime. We're going to eat til we pop, dance til we drop, and celebrate late into the night!