Alexa and Ethan both went to Trinity College. While Ethan likes to say they were "friends" in college, Alexa calls them "acquaintances." Their paths crossed again at a mutual friend's birthday party in NYC in June 2019. (Thank you Emily Llerena for hosting your 23rd birthday on that fateful and oh-so humid night at the lovely Penny Farthing.) They haven't looked back since. Fast forward to Memorial Day Weekend 2023, Alexa and Ethan were on a hike in Malibu during one of their trips back west. With a view of the Pacific and surrounded by superbloom, Ethan got down on one knee. Alexa was so confused at first, she (almost) told him to get up and get out of the dirt. It turned out to be the best surprise of her life.