The Mission District, San Francisco Working across the street from one another, Risa would visit almost daily to flirt with the handsome butcher with kind eyes. After months of fawning over Michael from afar, a good friend encouraged her to ask him on a date. She figured she had nothing to lose. Unfortunately, she botched their first date because she was too nervous to ask for his number. Luckily, he wasn't too swayed to ask her out for drinks at a dark 16th Street bar. He was impressed that she ordered whiskey on the rocks; her car got broken into; all of the things real love stories are made of.