In the Spring of 2021, Nick and Taylor had a mutual friend, Todd, who kept mentioning that we needed to meet because we would hit it off. Well, we kept missing each other so Nick decided to take matters into his own hands and reached out.... more specifically he slid into Taylor's DMs on Instagram. He asked her out and a few short weeks later, they were set to have their first date at Dogwood for some cocktails. Well, the day rolled around and Taylor found herself in an "interesting" dog training session where Fitz told the dog trainer he sensed Nick coming into his life and he accepted him. In Fitz's words, he was a "good egg". Needless to say, that wasn't what Taylor had expected so had two girlfriends over to chat about what had just happened. Nick recorded a podcast for 10 Barrel earlier that evening and had sampled the newest double IPA. A few hours later, it was time to get ready for the date and Taylor decided that her friends should tag along. After so many bad first dates, why not, right? Taylor and Nick immediately hit it off.... both of them are known for being quiet and shy. Needless to say, they talked each other's ears off about family, travel, sports allegiances, and swapped covid stories. Nick just kept smirking because these two other girls kept looking at him. He thought "man, I'm hot" but little did he know, those were Taylor's best friends who crashed their date a few tables away. Of course, Taylor couldn't keep that a secret too long and let him in on the secret. Nick's response? Send them shots. Right then and there he started to steal Taylor's heart for how easygoing, funny, and cool he was. They had their second date a few days that went really well. They weren't able to have much time to see each other after that between Nick's night shifts at 10 Barrell and Taylor's trips planned. However, the saying "if he wants to he will" rang true for Nick. He sacrificed sleep to make time to see Taylor as much as he could and show her that she was a priority. A couple of weeks later, their first trip together to NOLA was here for Nick's cousin's wedding where he asked Taylor to be his date. Taylor got to meet Nick's family and started to see a future with him. Taylor even called her mom (slightly intoxicated) the first night in NOLA and told her that Nick was the one. She wasn't ready to marry him just yet but her search for her husband was over. Nick was it. Over the next few years, we've gone on many amazing trips, bought a house together, got our puppy Waylon, and made the best memories. We can't wait to see what the future holds for us.

Nick is half Italian and Taylor loves Italian food/wine. Nick spent 2 weeks in this area on a scholarship in college and suggested it to Taylor when she was traveling Italy in 2022. Taylor and her friend Kelsey went and stumbled upon La Villa Hotel and immediately fell in love with it.

Nick bought Taylor a set of golf clubs for her birthday in 2023 and she bought herself lessons. Now it is their favorite Sunday activity to do together when there isn't snow on the ground.