We all know dating apps can be quite a crap shoot, but in February of 2020 there was one lucky swipe right that landed Nick & Nicole where they are today. After a few weeks of online flirting, a boys weekend in Vermont where Nick almost forgot Nicole's existence, and a pre-date pep talk from Nicole's Dad, Nick and Nicole met at The Spaniard on March 14th 2020. AKA the last night of normalcy before the pandemic truly began. The night was full of equal parts laughter & tequila shots (oops) and a hope to maybe see each other sometime soon, but 6 feet apart. Over the next few months, Nick and Nicole met up on weekly hiking dates. From Breakneck to Minnewaska State Park, they hiked, ate picnic lunches, and talked till they ran out of things to say, learning all the little details about one another without ever realizing they were becoming best friends. By the time June rolled around, they were back in NYC meeting each other's friends, finding unique ways to traverse about the city without taking the subway and drinking an occasional frozen to-go margarita on the pier. They began to realize that this was perhaps not just a covid crush after all. It all came to fruition after an evening of Tacombi & Pink Whitney in Nicole's back yard when Nick, being the romantic he is, looked at Nicole and said "so uh, do you think we should delete our dating apps or what?" and that was that.