Their first initial meeting was many moons ago. Jessica was 15 and Dan was 17 years old. Jessica and a couple of her girlfriends (Shannon and Paula) got a job in the snack shop at Hoffmann Lanes Bowling Alley. Dan happened to be working in the Pro Shop at the time and had a couple of his friends working the bowling alley also. We all ended up becoming friends, hanging out, playing pool (Jess learned how to play on Dan’s pool table which now resides in their basement) getting into trouble like setting the Indiana Dunes on 🔥😳😬and having lots of other adventures together.

Dan may have had a crush on Jessica back then, but never acted on it😘. He went to University of Illinois where Jessica and friends would visit on various weekends to party it up college style. But as life goes, they drifted their separate ways with new groups of friends, jobs, experiences, etc.

When Tap House in Palatine opened up, Jessica got a bartending job there. One of the nights, she got to work and Dan was sitting at the bar. It had been years since they had seen each other and nice to catch up. He became a Tap House regular that sometimes would come in with friends that Jessica got to know well, or by himself when Jessica would then sit him with her friends and regulars and he became part of the group. It was like they hand’t missed a beat!

After about three years and some life changes in both their lives, they started hanging out more, and Jessica’s friends and co-workers noticed Dan watching Jessica while she worked. They all liked Dan (of course😜) and voiced to Jessica that she should date Dan😳. It took a bit of time and coaxing but they finally had dinner and wine at Dan’s house. Jessica got introduced to scotch that night, they drank half a bottle and that’s all she wrote and here we are!!! Cow, cow, cow!!!!!!!!