In February 2021 with a meet-cute thanks to our mutual friend, Ryan Flamerich (Officiant) and an assist from a global pandemic. Carter was wrapping up a week in the desert with classmates from HBS and Gordon was starting his week in the desert with friends from Atlanta. Gordon was the first of his friends to arrive and a happenstance text to Ryan led to the discovery they were both in Palm Springs. Ryan invited Gordon to brunch at Juniper Table (in the hotel where our room block is) where fate introduced Carter and Gordon. After a flirty exchange, initiated by Carter because Gordon had no game, the sparks began to fly. With some guidance by Ryan, Gordon crafted the Instagram DM slide of the century (see below) and the rest is history... Gordon proposed to Carter in October 2022 in the vineyards of Piedmont, Italy with a diamond ring and Carter proposed back to Gordon in December 2022 in the aisle of an empty JetBlue plane after landing in Turks & Caicos with a ring made from a Boeing 747 engine fan blade.