Olga & Kris

Olga and Kris met when the world was in a seemingly perpetual lock-down. Just before they met, while the future of the world was cloudy and colorless, Olga was about ready to quit the dating apps for good. Kris had given up on Los Angeles for good, and he moved to Huntington Beach in search of a better life.

Then, in early January 2021 or thereabout, a new face appeared on Olga’s dating app. With a mixture of curiosity and courage, she sent him a sweet message in reply to Kris’s photo, titled, “Love in the time of Covid”.

And a few days later they were on a date! They went to a speak-easy restaurant, called the Black Trumpet, secretly operating their indoor dining room in Huntington Beach. It was glorious. She was glamorous.

Six months later, in July, Kris was on a road trip North to Washington. Naturally, Olga would call once or twice a day to catch up. And on one of those calls, Olga exclaimed that Instagram started displaying ads for engagement rings! She inadvertently caught him, while he was a thousand miles away on a forested highway somewhere between Crater Lake and Klamath Falls.  She went on to explain that her phone was listening to her conversation about a friend’s engagement ring… But then Kris decided to confess. He had searched fruitlessly for a ring online many times and he desperately needed help, and Instagram had outed him.

A few months later, Kris proposed to Olga in Miami – with the ring she designed! You can see some of the photos here from that day, and you can join us as we create more memories on our wedding day.