Chris and Allie met on Hinge back in August of 2018. Chris was traveling abroad at the time and Allie was in Florida visiting family. When they matched on the app, Allie had noticed Chris worked for HSS, which is where her mom worked at the time. It turned out that Allie's mom had worked with Chris in the past and gave her the approval she needed to go on a date with him.

Their first date was at a Korean BBQ place in Stamford, CT. Thank goodness Allie did not use Chris' choice of restaurant as a grounds for judgement because we wouldn't be here today if she did. The food was horrible!

After the first date Allie and Chris set up a second date for the following week, but unfortunately Allie pulled a muscle in her neck pretending to work out and had to cancel. Chris wasn't letting her get off the hook that easily though, he showed up to her apartment that night with a milkshake, little did he know she was Lactose Intolerant. To this day we are still unsure if Chris did it out of sympathy for her injury or because he wanted to make sure she didn't stand him up!

Fast forward to December of 2019. In December, Allie bought a townhouse in Norwalk. With the help of Chris and her father they renovated it, so that the couple could move in together in February. Little did they know, that two weeks after their move-in the whole world would shut down due to a world wide pandemic. This forced Allie and Chris to grow even closer as they managed Chris working in the ICU at Stamford Hospital and Allie working from home. They knew if they could make it through that, they could make it through anything.

With that being said, in November of 2020, they decided to add a beautiful golden retriever to the mix. If you know the couple, you know that Luna is a huge part of their lives now. Luna was born in Ohio and delivered to the couple in Hartford, CT on November 21st.

One may wonder when was the moment Chris knew he wanted to marry Allie, well after watching the previous non-dog lover raise Luna and become a dog lover, he knew she was the one.

So on May 29th, 2021, Chris asked Allie to marry him at the Mohonk Mountain House in the pouring rain. And if an engagment ring wasn't enough, he followed up with a surprise weekend getaway to their favorite town of Portland, Maine.

It is without a doubt that these two foodies were meant for each-other and we look forward to celebrating with all of you on July 3rd, 2022.

Registry