Mark and Kristen met at a glamorous bar known as R.P. McMurphy's Irish Pub in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was $3 pint night. A mutual friend introduced them, and over that plastic pint of beer they talked for hours... in the middle of a crowded bar. Some time after that, Kristen moved to Texas to follow her career in broadcast news. However, Mark didn't let this story end. He accepted a job offer in Denver, Colorado, and mapped out a "road trip" to get there. They decided to meet up for a quick "coffee date." But has anyone ever looked at a map? Colorado is nowhere close to Texas-- about 800 miles out of the way. Needless to say, that "coffee date" turned into a four+ year relationship and an eventual proposal.