We've actually had really bad luck with fancier restaurants - we found a hair in our food at the French Laundry, and Sidnie got food poisoning after the Inn at Meadowood. Our best meal was at State Bird Provisions. We waited to get reservations for quite a while soon after it opened, and Kevin surprised Sidnie when they finally came through - the restaurant is understated and has no signage out front, so Sidnie didn't even know where we were eating until she sat down and was handed a menu. The meal was great - Californian fare served dim sum-style! Overall, Kevin is a great chef and we have friends who have excellent taste in restaurants, so we eat well quite often.

Mendocino is a locale we keep coming back to as a special place - which is why we're excited to share it with you and to have it as a memorable rendezvous destination we can escape to for years to come. Other than that, we took a trip to Europe together in 2014, visiting four countries in five weeks. Switzerland and the Alps were lovely and have a special place in our hearts, we had a blast meeting up with Sidnie's brother and sister-in-law in Italy, and went on the longest walking tour in Prague, but our favorite place was Provence and the south of France, where we headed after touring Paris. We stayed in a 16th-century bell tower and drank lots of rose while soaking up some sun.

We save most of our nicknames for Pearl, who goes by "the baby", Beaster, Babs, Bab-u, Pearlita Pickles, and sometimes less-endearing names when she is misbehaving.

Our friend, Valley, introduced us - check out "Our Story" for more details :)

Whoever notices the trash is full - we're modern that way :)

S: Kevin surprised me on a weeknight one September with an early birthday present - Lumineers tickets! The Golden Gate Yacht Club had just won the America's Cup that day, and the venue was right down by the water, with the city was all lit up and excited in the background. The concert was awesome, and at one point, the band came out in the audience and did a few songs right next to us - we felt like the concert was just for us. It was a really warm, lovely evening, and I thought it was special that Kevin treated me to a night out with one of my favorite bands.

K: The first date that Sidnie planned was a ferry ride to nearby Tiburon Island. Sidnie did not warn me that it we'd take ferry, so I was really cold the entire ride, but it was worth it. Highlights include a seafood lunch, long walk, and watching the sunset over the water. Ask us about the 4-year old girl (with the voice of a 50-year-old smoker) who interrupted us kissing to ask for help getting down from a nearby rock. (We helped her.)

We like to cook together whether just the two of us on a weeknight, or for bigger groups. Probably our favorite thing is to entertain and throw parties. We feel like we have the most wonderful friends and family, so getting people together - whether for a random last-minute crab feed, or a well-planned New Year's party for 40 - our time is best spent when it's shared with those we love. On a typical evening, we like to walk our dog, Pearl, around the neighborhood and listen to podcasts together - our favorites are This American Life and My Favorite Murder.

We love traveling in urban places and sightseeing, but also know we will need to relax after the wedding, so we're planning a trip split between Amsterdam for the touring, museums, and restaurants, and nightlife, and then the Maldives from a much slower pace, spent in a hut above the water, eating lots of seafood and diving with whale sharks.

K: Soon after meeting Sidnie, I was traveling around the world for about five weeks and realized I really missed her. When she was there to pick me up at the airport, I was so happy to see her and I knew she was the one.
S: We'd been dating a few weeks and Kevin invited me to Thanksgiving, which he was hosting for some close friends. I already really liked him, but spending the day getting the meal ready, seeing what a good cook he was and how generous he was with his friends made me really fall for him. I texted my cousin that I hoped he'd be "the one" and I wished on the wishbone that we'd get married :)

Kevin was on a trip in Australia and called Sidnie's parents to tell them he wanted to propose. He then schemed with Sidnie's cousin, Michael, to get the perfect ring. The one hiccup was that the ring wasn't ready until two days before, so Kevin was really sweating his planned proposal. Sidnie hoped he would propose, and as she opened a small jewelry box in the bottom of her stocking, she was glad she got a manicure -until she realized it was earrings. Convinced he was not proposing, they headed to Sidnie's parents' house where Kevin handed her a much larger box, wrapped in custom paper featuring pictures of them. Sidnie was so excited when she found the smaller box and beautiful emerald ring within, as were her parents. Sidnie's best friends from childhood arrived a few minutes later to celebrate by toasting with champagne served in the glasses her parent's used at their wedding.