Christine and Patrick met through a dating app and had their first date at the Royal in Shaw, DC on Memorial Day 2021. Patrick and Christine talked for hours over drinks and food at the Royal and then they went to a second bar down the street, Electric Koolaid. A week later, Patrick asked Christine if she wanted to go to his sister’s wedding in just a few weeks. The week of the wedding, Patrick met Joe and Carolyn Rice at the Round Robin Bar at the Willard, the same hotel where we will be celebrating their Wedding in January 2024! Over that summer, Patrick and Christine met each other's family and friends with the Annual Rice Family 4th of July gathering, a Chicago visit with a White Sox game and many other events.