Our story begins with a chance encounter at the beloved venue, Bottom of the Hill, in San Francisco. Circumstances unfolded that caused both of us to (thankfully) attend the concert solo. After catching each other's glances several times throughout the night, and in true bold and unshy form, Cynthia initiated a conversation by bluntly asking Brad to buy her a drink.
We spent the next month and a half getting to know each other, discovering a mutual love of music, the outdoors, and arguing over how to boil water (a false boil is real). After a day trip to the Russian River we each felt an unspoken deepening of our feelings toward one another. We began spending more and more time together and making longer term plans: a camping trip to the northern California coast, to the sierras, a southwestern roadtrip, a European vacation. Through all of our adventures we learned a lot about each other, including always carrying snacks for Cynthia and mapping out the next cappuccino for Brad, which deepened and strengthened our relationship and love for one another.
