It was fall of 2020, when the world started opening back up that John and Lauren both swiped right on the online dating website, Hinge. Bonded over their love of the outdoors, delicious food, and sarcastic humor, they agreed to meet at one of the few Burmese restaurants with an outdoor patio for dinner. Both were relieved once they were seated, and the face masks came off and actually looked like, or better than their profile pictures. They continued getting to know each other and for their third date, went on a hike in San Francisco where they explored Sutro Baths and walked the Lands’ End Trail. They found themselves not wanting the day to end and, well…the rest was history! Two and a half years later, they return to that special hike where John would propose to Lauren overlooking the Golden Gate bridge where they took their first picture together.