Our Story

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James and Michaela met in high school at Milton Academy. Though they were in different grades and from different towns, Michaela certainly knew who James was—the cute upperclassman football and lacrosse player who also played the french horn and sang in acapella. It turns out James knew who Michaela was too—the cute singing-dancing-soccer-playing-sophomore! And so, in the spring of 2013, James asked Michaela out on a date to go bowling.

The only problem was Michaela already had plans to go to a Boston Bruins playoff game that Saturday night. Luckily, James was up for a change of plans and agreed to come along to the hockey game instead (…even though that meant he would meet Michaela’s dad on their very first date!)

They spent the entire game talking and getting to know each other, and while things may not have gone well for the B’s (a 4-2 loss to the Maple Leafs), for Michaela and James, that night was the beginning of their love story.

10 years later and they couldn’t be happier to be continuing to write that love story every day.

Soon after that first date, James graduated from Milton and went on to college at Tufts, and two years later, Michaela headed to NYU. Despite the distance, their relationship only grew stronger— even when that distance stretched all the way to China (James’s study abroad) and Prague (Michaela’s)! Now, many adventures later, Michaela and James call New York City home.