Lauren and Ryan met the old-fashioned way—Hinge—while living in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2022. After a first date at a local dive bar, Goldie's, it was clear there was something there. Thankfully, Ryan was successfully able to con Lauren into a second date, and the rest is history.

Over the course of several years, they’ve lived separately in Brooklyn, together in Brooklyn, packed up Oden, Walker, and life in NYC, and moved to Austin, Texas together. To start a new chapter of life together, they thought the best place for this new start was where it all started—Brooklyn—and to celebrate with the people that matter most to them.