In Spring 2011, Julie went out for Happy Hour with her fellow interns to a DC classic known as The Reef (RIP). Across town, TJ reluctantly agreed to meet his friends at the same Happy Hour. As the night continued TJ and Julie were each recruited to act as "wing man/woman" for each of their friends who found an interest in one another. Little did they know that their efforts to help a friend would change their own worlds. They talked, laughed and danced all night before TJ walked Julie home and asked for her number to go out again. Julie refused and in true TJ & Julie fashion, they debated for thirty minutes about why Julie should or should not give up her digits. She soon learned that TJ is the only person in the world more persistent than she is and their story began. Since then they have been chasing new adventures together, traveling the globe, supporting each others careers, buying a house, bringing together friends & family, and dreaming of a future life in Hawaii or whatever tropical paradise they can land on.