“Incredibly Happy with the Food”
Nicole and I met online through Hinge. We hit it off right away and met for our first date at a Spanish tapas bar. We immediately connected on our ambitions and prospects for the future. A little less than a year later, peak pandemic, she had moved in with me. Soon after, on a weekend getaway, we learned just how much of a movie our relationship really was.
Scrolling through some old baby pictures, we stumbled upon a trove of pictures of the two of us together as kids at the Bronx Zoo and the Wax Museum. Lo and behold, after we questioned our families, we learned that our lives had intertwined for a couple of years when we were five years old. After that, it has been a fairy tale. During a trip to Costa Rica a year later, I proposed to Nicole at the end of a hike through the cloud forest, with my best man, Ilya, and his wife, Sofiya, by our side.
We chose The Brownstone for our venue because they had everything we were looking for. We love nature and the ambiance that plants can bring to a space. The Grand Conservatory at The Brownstone feels like a luxurious greenhouse as soon as you walk into it.