Nico and Megan matched on the Bumble dating app on December 5th, 2020. On December 20th, they decided to meet for the first time in the Strip District in Pittsburgh. They spent the day walking through the city laughing until their cheeks hurt, and snacking on tacos and tamarind juice from Las Palmas. They spent the next year exploring new cuisines and growing their love for cooking, traveling, and learning how one another sees the world. Just after their first anniversary, they planned to bring 2021 to a close by seeing New York City at Christmastime. On Christmas Eve, they road tripped into the city singing along to their favorite holiday tunes. Little did Megan know, Nico had contacted the Rockefeller Center Ice Rink to arrange for two of them to ice skate under the Rockefeller tree. After an hour of skating and stumbling, there was an announcement to clear the ice for the zamboni. Nico eventually convinced Megan to take just one more lap as the ice was being cleared. Hand-in-hand, they took the ice to the sound of Dan + Shay’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” During their skate, Nico led Megan center-ice and asked for her hand in marriage