OUR STORY

Levi was living in a West Harlem 3 bedroom apartment (a “mansion” by NYC standards) with 2 buddies and too many cats, while Kyle nested on the 18th floor of a Midtown East apartment, hovering over U.N. protests and rushing to put a shirt on whenever the window cleaners passed by in the morning.

The catalyst of our love... speed dating, believe it or not! 3 minutes in heaven was all it took for Levi to make Kyle swoon with sexy hypothetical questions like “which body of water do you most identify with?” A week later, they were on a first date: drinks at a pool hall, followed by a the 40th anniversary theatrical re-release of Flashdance, a cult-classic film reduced to background noise as our worlds breached collision.

That summer of 2023, love moved fast, but for us, time had frozen. Kyle loved to point out all the fascinating ways we were different from each other. Levi waxed poetic all the romantic ways we were the same. Fast forward to February 2024, and we were moving into our first home together in the West Village. The imposter syndrome of two dopey 30-year-olds living in Manhattan’s most instagrammable neighborhood was real, but we had a big couch in a tiny apartment, and that was where we held each other. A country of two.

We spent weekends on long walks, discussing everything we’ve learned throughout our lives—aligning on parenting styles, starting sentences with “In this family we…” and saying things like, “It’s us against them,” when referring to our future family dynamic: a household of 12 children, 2 cats, and a duck.

We fed off each other. We grew closer together and better as individuals. Levi taught Kyle never to settle for mediocre coffee and Kyle taught Levi to drink his veggies every morning. Kyle became more confident, more free, and even conquered dairy. Levi became healthier in every way. We debated who would live longer, who would be the favorite parent, and which family business we’d start first (current pitch: a combo laundromat x grocery store). We furnished an adorable apartment and started to feel a sense of belonging in NYC. We built the foundation for a truly fucking awesome life.

This wedding is not a celebration of a completely new beginning, but rather a moment to set our life design in stone and admire its beauty. It’s as if we’ve spent the last two years building a big, beautiful ship—and now we invite our friends and family to crack champagne off the hull and set us out to sea for a wild journey together for the rest of our lives!