Kevin & Angel

A long way from
where we started.

It started, like many love stories now, with a swipe and a small geographic misunderstanding.

We matched on Hinge, each of us assuming the other lived nearby. One of us was in San Francisco. The other was in Los Angeles. We realized the mistake only after making plans to meet for a hike.

A few weeks later, during a visit to Los Angeles, we had our first date at The Board. Boba turned into a long evening. The evening led to many more, each one making it increasingly difficult to remember why we had ever lived in different cities at all.

The hike came after. We met in San Francisco and joined Angel’s friends for what was described as a “basically flat” hike. It was not flat, and it was exhausting. It also felt, in its own way, like the beginning of something steady.

Two months later, we were living in the same city.

Luna came with the arrangement. She had been Kevin’s cat, and took her time deciding Angel was acceptable. She has since made her position clear, and is now, indisputably, our baby.

On Valentine’s Day, at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, a question was asked. The rest of our life began to take shape from there.

— Engaged 2.14.26