IT’S A MATCH!

Literally.

Nicole and Drew’s love story begins in November 2021 doing what two young adults living in San Francisco do, both swiping right on Hinge. Less than a week after matching, they met in person at Emporium, an arcade bar. To make sure Nicole knew how to spot him, Drew said “I’ll be the one at the bar with a red dress and a rose in my hair.” After that questionable joke and hours of games, laughs, and crazy similarities later, they could tell this was something special.

For the next few weeks, they went on countless dates and spent time truly getting to know one another. On New Years Eve the time came for Nicole to meet Drew’s friends. Time to make a great first impression, but unfortunately, Nicole left her purse in the Uber right when they got there - containing not only her wallet and keys, but Drew’s keys as well… not a great start. Meeting Drew’s friends was no longer the scary part, because Drew’s mom was on her way to drop off his extra set of keys. So much for that good first impression. Fast forward, that night is now a funny story of the past that they can’t wait to tell for years to come. Thanks for saving us, Sue!

Since it could only go up from here, Drew decided meeting all four of Nicole’s roommates at once was the best way to go. They all met on a foggy evening at an SF staple, San Francisco Athletic Club. To say they immediately clicked is an understatement.

A set of lost keys and a few iffy first impressions later, they knew their lives would seamlessly intertwine.

As life progressed, they planned trips and made plans for the future. Soon enough they were on their first trip together to Monterey, their first family trip to Hawaii, and their first European adventure to Spain. And if you’ve heard their travel stories to and from Europe, then you know after those, they will be able to get through anything together.

After summer was over, reality set back in for both of them commuting to and from work everyday. They knew the next step in their relationship would be moving in together. Though that meant leaving San Francisco, they were excited to see the sun in San Jose. They quickly settled into the South Bay and nine months later, a ring!

The Proposal

To celebrate their year and a half anniversary, they decided to go back to where they went for their very first trip together: Monterey. On May 20th, they set off to Monterey, unbeknownst to Nicole to a specific spot that Drew had secretly researched, scouted and carefully thought through, called “Lover’s Point”.

Nicole thought *maybe this could be it, the moment she was waiting for! But…he seemed so calm and normal, so maybe not… he would definitely be rambling and acting strange*

Drew thought *ugh she knows…she got her nails done…she never gets her nails done. And they’re WHITE!*

They parked the car, Drew texted his friends “wish me luck”, and the couple began strolling along an ocean-view walking path. When they came to the perfect photo-op spot, Nicole suggested, “Let’s take a picture here!” She asked a stranger sitting on the bench nearby to take their picture. *Click* “Can you take one more?” he said. In that instant, he got down on one knee, and proclaimed a string of beautiful words that neither of them can remember, asking Nicole to marry him.