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February 24, 2023
Boca Raton, FL

Kristie & Raphael

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Raphael

Khallouqi

and

Kristie

Golembioski

February 24, 2023

Boca Raton, FL

The Backstory

It all started behind the host stand of Outback Steakhouse in Delray Beach (aka New Delray Beach). Kristie had been working at Outback in Orlando and transferred to the Delray location to spend the summer at home between Freshman and Sophomore year of college. Raph had worked at the Delray location during high school and after a few weeks in Brazil, opted to get his high school gig back for the summer. Kristie and Raph were strictly friends that summer, spending nights out with their colleagues at Sushi Ninja and Cantina in Boca. When the summer came to an end, they said their goodbyes and Raph returned to Lehigh and Kristie returned to UCF. They stayed in touch and come Christmas break, Raph visited friends at FSU and asked to hitch a ride back to South Florida with Kristie after taking a Grey Hound from Tallahassee to Orlando. Kristie wasn’t one to accept hitch hikers but she agreed. Raph gave Kristie $20 for gas and asked to take her on a date to repay her for the favor. She agreed and their first date was at Tramonti on The Ave. Kristie wanted to share an entrée which Raph begrudgingly agreed to and as a couple of underaged kids, Kristie ordered a coke. Come time to leave, Raph forgot where he parked the car in the pouring rain and they wandered different parking garages in search of his electric blue Corolla. After the date, Kristie went to Nadia’s house to share all the details. Fast forward two months, and Raph was sending Kristie roses for Valentine’s Day at school and hacking her Tobi cart to surprise her with clothes. They ended up both getting internships in New York City that summer (along with Kailee Smith) and we all decided to live in the same dorms near Union Square. From there, they explored the city together, did long distance for the remainder of college and graduated and moved back to the city together. The rest is still unwritten….

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