Both Mike and Sao were on separate vacations with their friends in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mike was celebrating the end of busy season and Sao was celebrating a friend's 30th birthday. It was both of their last nights in NOLA. Sao and her friends were drinking back at the airbnb when a small group of them decided to go out to the bars - Sao was initially hesitant but decided to enjoy her last night. Once there, there was only one other young group. Naturally, the two groups began to mingle and Sao was introduced to Mike. At first, she wasn't interested but then she learned they had things in common: he was also Cambodian and from New England.