Kate + Joe
Monday Nights at the cantab
Where it began... The Cantab Lounge
Joe and Kate first met when their mutual friend, Jon Mark (aka Penny's Human), put together a volleyball team at the Cambridge YMCA in January of 2010. After Monday night games, the whole team would get together at the Cantab Lounge (a classic Cambridge, Mass. establishment) for beers + cringe-worthy dirty jokes delivered by the bartender, Christina.
When Joe wasn't skipping volleyball to go to Celtics games (ha!), he and Kate got to know each other better as teammates. Every following Tuesday, they would meet at Together in Motion in Arlington to play dodgeball, but this time as competitors. Kate's dodgeball skills were just too impressive for Joe to resist. So, after the early spring season ended, Joe finally asked Kate out on April Fools' Day - she was skeptical to say the least!
Celtics 2010 (not from the first date - our tickets were much better for that first time!)
After the longest first date in history, involving Mike's Pizza in Davis Square, Kate's first Boston Celtics game, a stolen pint glass at Porters Bar + Grill, a pit stop at a birthday party at the Hong Kong in Harvard Square, a long walk up Mass. Ave to Porter Square, and a night cap Italian sub from Gourmet Express (for Joe), they began dating.
NYE 2015
Since then, we have played countless games of volleyball, shared more than enough orders of buffalo wings, won a dodgeball league championship, watched Joe earn his MBA from Boston College and watched Kate grow her design business.
We now reside in the Hillside neighborhood of Medford, Massachusetts, with our new dachshund rescue pup, Lovey. We are getting settled in our new home and enjoy the location as it's within walking distance from Tufts University, the Mystic River and Davis Square (where our relationship had lots of firsts!).
We are excited to celebrate our wedding day with you and are looking forward to August 27th!