Our Story
Shortly after none of the y2k prophecies were realized, Dan and Sarah were dropped off at the same elementary school in the new millennium, year 2000 . They even had a detached awareness of one another during their overlapping years at Westlake high school… but it wasn’t until College (Go Bears!) that they finally met.
Fast forward 10 years: “I give hugs!” Sarah informed Dan from his doorstep in Berkeley, which she had arrived at with limited notice. She was in town in search of lodging near the UC Berkeley campus and Dan Stroud, who she really only knew through her sister, had made the shortlist. Soon they were on their way to their first meal together in Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto, a neighborhood that would eventually be home to both of them. When they parted, Sarah gave her leftovers to Dan, a “tradition” that has survived a decade (and counting).
On May 11th 2011, Dan asked Sarah to be his girlfriend without ever having taken her on a formal date. Dan quickly resolved to check the first date box off his list (Dan loves to make lists). They met at a bus stop in downtown Berkley and waited for the 51B to arrive. Their destination was Zachary’s Pizza. A host seated them in a corner by the window. Surrounded by the homemade pizza posters and tormented by the awkwardness of the whole concept of a “first date,” Dan proceeded to put on the charm: “So what do I talk to you about?!”
Little did they know, in another 10 years, they’d be married!