Наздраве! We're getting married!

We met on Dec 6th, 2019, at Rocco’s in West Hollywood. Introduced by Jeffrey De Moss, we closed the bar down and went on to party at Ani Bekmezian’s house. After a few more DTLA parties, we woke up together and were picked up by Charles Van Der Woodsen for breakfast at Los Coyotes. Memorable first date, to say the least. We got engaged on September 28th, 2022, in Bora Bora, French Polynesia. It was a surprise trip, and Jake did not know where we were going until we got to our gate at LAX. His only hints were: it’s international, and it’s a beach. Fun fact: Anastas was planning to propose on September 30th but couldn’t wait once we arrived on the 28th.

We have a secret baby language. We’ll randomly yell out things (in plural) based on what we want or if we’re just excited. Jake will come home after work and scream VINOS! signaling that it’s time for wine. Anastas will shout MOVIES! when it’s time to log off and sit on the couch to watch TV. After a long week, Friday night is time for PARTIES! and by Sunday we’re in urgent need of PASTAS! to soothe our hangovers. Anastas is the night owl and Jake is the early riser. Anastas is plant dad taking care of our increasingly excessive amount of house plants, complete with a cactus garden in rock planters. Jake is the social butterfly, somehow always managing to surround us in a crowd of new friends at any random party we are at. We keep alternating between plans of moving to Europe, Orange County, Arizona, or getting a desert home in Palm Springs (or a mountain home in Big Bear?). Let’s be real, we’ll probably be in WeHo for a while longer.