Attire: Black Tie

A “how we met” story is supposed to be tender and sentimental. Not here. Truth is, ten years ago, Steve feigned an interest in Rebecca’s dog (Pennylane) to obtain an introduction. Steve was with a friend renovating a house when the contractor announced “here comes ‘tall-drink-of water’ walking her dog.” Rebecca tolerated the intrusion. Pennylane showed far greater interest, likely attributable to the canine’s intuitive recognition of a pack leader. At the time, Rebecca disregarded the offer to go out for “a drink” someplace. A week later Rebecca took the same walk to accept. Her friends are no doubt perplexed at this point -- Rebecca would not say “yes” without a promise of dinner and “drink” is used in the singular. No matter. Rebecca said “yes” then and said it again recently, so here we go in November.