Annette:  so…

Lindsay:  yes…?

Annette:  I wanna hook you up with my friend Alex.

Annette:  He’s gainfully employed, has a full head of hair, and is kind of funny.

Lindsay:  Okay, great! How tall is he?

Annette:  How tall are you?

Alex:  Who are you trying to hook me up with?

Fast forward and we actually meet at a cookout, have our first conversation–about how our parents still being married and very much in love sets an impossibly unrealistic bar for relationships.

Later that week we had our first date at one of the three birthday celebrations for Alex. We went to DC-9, a local bar and bbq joint. People started ordering from the bar, but no one asked Alex what he wanted and he was busy chatting. So, even though I barely knew him, I asked what he wanted to eat and he slyly suggested we split two things. Our first meal together was BBQ and fried pickles.

Since then we’ve swatted mosquitos and avoided floods in Alaska, climbed to the rooftop of Africa, hunted (with our cameras) the big 5 on safari, chased waterfalls in Iceland, ate (too many) croissants in Paris, and wandered the narrow streets of Istanbul. At home, we’ve adopted a rescue dog, 4 outdoor feral cats and avoided our own indoor cat from killing us all while remodeling a wonderful old rowhome in NE DC. It’s always an adventure!

Sad Lobster.