March 29, 2025 · Austin, TX
Where it started.
A conference, a city neither of us called home, and somehow the rest of everything.
May 2, 2025 · Cincinnati, OH
First visit.
Becka's first time in Cincinnati. DAAP Fashion Show — cyanotype and her, and the first photo together.
May 9, 2025 · Boston, MA
Porchfest.
First time in her city. Music on every porch. The kind of afternoon that makes a place feel like it could be yours.
June 13, 2025 · Red River Gorge, KY
On top of the world.
Rosé and bruschetta on the deck. Becka shooting clays. An overlook selfie that looked like a movie still.
June 20–22, 2025 · Chicago & Madison, WI
All dressed up.
A wedding, a mural, The Bean, and two people who already knew this was something real.
July 10, 2025 · Boston, MA
Bridge over the Charles.
The Longfellow Bridge, summer heat, wine and tarot cards. Boston was becoming familiar.
August 7, 2025 · Boston & Cape Cod, MA
We saw two.
Whale watching off Cape Cod. Boston Harbor in summer. The ocean doing what it does — making everything feel small in the best way.
August 14, 2025 · Cincinnati, OH
Made it official.
Grandfather's celebration of life. Taj show. Museum Center kiss under a dramatic sky. The night it became official.
September 1, 2025 · Cincinnati, OH
Long weekends, best weekends.
No agenda. Nowhere to be. Kitchen selfies and a kiss and the quiet contentment of it all.
September 26, 2025 · Cincinnati, OH
She laughs like that.
Taj show, blue stage light, a candid laugh that made everything else disappear.
October 10, 2025 · Jersey City & New York, NY
Jersey knows Halloween.
Pete's Tavern. Skeleton runners. A skeleton DJ. The brother made an appearance.
October 23 – November 15, 2025 · Boston & New York
The first long stay.
Three weeks. The arboretum at peak fall. Halloween costumes. Boston Half Marathon. Spartan at Fenway. NYC twice. A L'Oréal lecture where she was the speaker. The stuffed animals in bed. A lazy morning that felt earned.
December 10, 2025 · Paris, France
Paris.
Place de la Concorde at midnight. Escargot. The chartreuse blazer in a bistro mirror. Silencio club. The Eiffel Tower in the fog. Sacré-Cœur at golden hour. Two people who had to go to Paris to believe how good this was.
December 22 – January 1, 2026 · Cincinnati, OH
First Christmas together.
Matching plaid by the tree. Festival of Lights — her in that chartreuse coat. New Year's hats and champagne glasses and the kind of holiday that sets a new standard.
January 23 – February 15, 2026 · Boston & New York
The second long stay.
A blizzard we walked into anyway. A snow run with frozen eyebrows and big smiles. Westminster Dog Show at MSG for its 150th. Valentine's Day. Becka's birthday. Another city winter survived together.
March 12–17, 2026 · Cincinnati, OH
One last visit before the anniversary.
The final chapter of Year One.
March 29, 2026
One year. ✦
Happy anniversary.