Matt and I met in January 2002 at a mutual friend's wine tasting party, where it was established that both of us read the onion religiously. We started living together in September of the same year, after a summer apart and a trip to Europe together. We got engaged the next year on my birthday, and we were married in August, 2004 in San Diego, CA. We now live in Orange County so that Matt can be closer to work . This is Matt's second career.  I have yet to begin my first .

So we live in a lovely apartment in Orange County, made lovelier by the fact that our neighbor is no longer on house arrest. Orange County is pretty lame on its own merits, but it also stinks because none of our closest friends live near here. Some are in San Diego, and others are in LA, but still others are scattered across the entire United States...Which means these days we are basically like Shaun & Liz in Shaun of the Dead , just us and a bunch of flesh-eating zombies.

But who are we? You might ask...I'm a native of the PNW and Matt hails from the same city as Laverne De Fazio and Richie Cunningham. I throw my clothes on the floor wherever I take them off (through no fault of my mother's), and Matt shouts at other cars when he drives. Matt has 5 tattoos, I have none. We both have a flat spot on the back of our heads. He is Sporty Spice. I wish I was the spice who got to wear all the Gucci, but really if there's a hairy, lazy spice, that's me. We go to Coachella every year. It's where we got engaged. If we had endless amounts of money, Matt would be happy to spend it all on DVDs and music. I would be happy to spend it all on expensive clothes and food. We produce so much gas between us that I'm hoping some day we can use it to heat our home. Until we can make better use of our gas, we use our collective love of design to make our home an attractive, comfortable space. Someday we will be in business together.