The Couple

How It All Began.

Once upon a time in a city far, far away, there was a beautiful princess who accompanied her prince charming on a magical night on the town. They fell madly in love and the rest is history...

The city in question, of course, was Moscow, Idaho. And the night on the town was a bar crawl ending at the Corner Club. But still, this is the beginning of our love story.

They met through acquaintances at a social event (friends at a house they called the Drunk Tank) and continued building memories through their time as Vandals. Then one night, Brandon called Rhiannon asking if she wanted to go out. Rhiannon said yes and asked him to pick her up from her current engagement (partying at a frat house). Brandon obliged and they walked towards the main city square.

Rhiannon asked Brandon if he had a preferred location for that evening (aka favorite bar). This is where Rhiannon learned that Brandon was not able to participate in a long standing cultural tradition (aka the Moscow 21 Run) due to a broken ankle on his birthday.

We'll go ahead and drop the analogy here...

Rhiannon decided that, even though it was a few months late, we'd celebrate Brandon's birthday that night and hit every bar in town. If you're at all familiar with Moscow you know that every good night ends at the Corner Club. But did you know that every good second date starts there too?

The next morning Brandon texted Rhiannon and asked if she wanted to get Bloody Mary's from the Corner Club. Partly because he needed to cure his hangover, partly because he wanted to see her again, and mostly because he forgot his debit card there the night before. Similar to their engagement in Italy, Rhiannon said yes.

Brandon and Rhiannon made their way once again to the Corner Club. Brandon ordered his Bloody Mary (side note - he once proclaimed the Corner Club's Bloody Mary as the best he ever had, telling Rhiannon that if she could make one as good or better, that he would marry her. After trying many recipes, in 2016 Rhiannon succeeded... and we're finally seeing Brandon keep his side of the bargain). Rhiannon did not (and does not) like Bloody Mary's but at the time the Club did not have mimosas. Unsure what to do, but not wanting to make Brandon drink alone, Rhiannon ordered her at-the-time usual: a Double Porn Star (a sugar free Red bull + double shot of Vodka). An unusual breakfast drink? Sure. But Brandon found this cute and the two have been inseparable ever since.

By the end of that semester the two officially started dating. It wasn't until they visited their family homes for the first time that they realized they lived 8 minutes apart their entire lives.

“We've now lived in 3 different states and 6 different apartments together. We've travelled the country and have hopes of continuing to travel the world. We work from home together, gym together, eat together, binge-watch TV together, get coffee together, shop together, dream together, and celebrate together. There's no one I'd rather go to a baseball game with, stay home eating Ben & Jerrys with, get up early to beat-the-crowds with or overall do life with than my best friend.

And I can't wait to get married.”