Our love story began on a serendipitous night when Kevin's roommate forgot his Driver's License before heading out to a birthday celebration and was refused entry to a Karaoke bar in Japantown, SF. He begged Kevin to dig through his dirty laundry, locate his ID card, and being such a nice guy, he agreed. When he finally arrived over an hour later, he found a Karaoke room filled with strangers, too inebriated to continue choosing and performing their favorite songs. In an effort to revitalize the party, Kevin chose to pick up the microphone and sing the 90s brit-pop classic "Wonderwall". Afterwards, his valiant efforts to pass the microphone on to anyone to carry the momentum were unsuccessful, so he tried to bring up the energy further with "The Real Slim Shady". Exhausted after the incredible back-to-back performances, Kevin was desperate to pass along the microphone. The over-served partygoers had little interest in the Karaoke aspect of the party, and a deflated Kevin sat down and was browsing the song books for inspiration of a possible third performance. Shortly thereafter his savior arrived, fashionably late, with an entourage of her closest friends. Yuri spotted Kevin from across the room, microphone in hand, flipping through the song book. She was immediately attracted to the nerdy guy with the courage to sing Karoake, and gravity pulled her into the booth seated next to him. Her opening line, in a flirtatious tone, was "Hey! Why are you hogging the mic?" and Kevin said "Finally, my hero! Thank you for rescuing me. The mic is all yours!" As she flipped through the pages of songs, they both quickly realized how excited they were to sit next each other. A few minutes later, they went downstairs to the the bar for some time alone, and small talk ensued when Kevin bought Yuri an Anchor Steam. Taken aback by Yuri's vivacious fun energy, he left the bar with the rest of the group to the next venue: an Asian nightclub. It was at the club they realized their similar taste in music, in addition to their mutual attraction, and danced the night away, wrapping the night up with their first kiss. They exchanged phone numbers, and agreed to have their first date that same weekend in Hayes Valley, and the rest is history.