In May of 2022, Caroline went out to dinner with a friend and ended up meeting the love of her life. One of Caroline’s closest friends (and bridesmaid), Shelly, was moving from San Francisco to London, so they decided to celebrate at one of San Francisco’s most beloved restaurants, Lazy Bear, a two Michelin star restaurant.

On a random Tuesday night, they enjoyed over 10 courses, many glasses of wine, and reminisced about their wonderful memories in San Francisco. The team at Lazy Bear — and one charming sommelier in particular — made sure the evening felt magical. After a kitchen tour from Chef/Owner David and a round of Paper Planes, Shelly asked Caroline if she could leave her number for Daniel, whom Caroline had really enjoyed meeting that night. They tore out the last page of the menu, Shelly slipped Daniel the piece of paper on the way out, and he texted the next day. Caroline and Daniel have dated ever since.

Caroline later found out that Daniel had actually seen them writing down the number and was briefly disappointed when he thought it was being given to someone else.
After a first date at what is now their favorite restaurant, Kitchen Istanbul, both were completely smitten. A few weeks later, Caroline accidentally said “I love you” as Daniel was dropping her off at work. They laughed about it soon after — and then said it for real.

After dating for a couple of years, they took a two-month trip around the world, something they had always wanted to do before getting engaged. During the trip, they visited New Zealand, Japan, and Spain. While New Zealand and Japan were new for both of them, Spain had long been one of their favorites and was the first country they added to their world travel list. During college and afterward, Daniel lived in Spain for nearly three years and was excited to share many of his favorite places with Caroline.

During that trip, they talked often about the future and marriage, fell even more in love, and discussed how fun “it could be” to get married in Spain — even if it felt unlikely at the time.
In February of 2025, Daniel proposed to Caroline in Palm Springs with a ring they designed together, inspired by both of their grandmothers’ wedding rings. Soon after their engagement, they began planning their wedding and considered many beautiful places they love, grew up in, or had visited — but found themselves comparing every location to their beloved Spain.

We are so excited to bring you to what we believe is one of the most beautiful places in the world — a place that combines so many things we love: the ocean, mountains, incredible food and wine, and outdoor dinner parties with great music under the stars. We hope you can make it and are so thankful to have each one of you in our lives and as part of our story.