Our wedding is far and in a small town with limited accommodations, so we recommend booking your stay as soon as possible. We've linked recommended hotels and rentals on the "Where to Stay" page of our website. We can't wait to celebrate with you!
Amanda & Brendan
Amanda & Brendan
Our Story
Coffee Meets Bagel
When we tell people we met on a dating app called Coffee Meets Bagel, we are often asked, "Well, who's coffee and who's bagel?"
Brendan is like the first sip of hot coffee on a quiet morning: warm and energizing. Amanda is the freshly toasted, buttered bagel that completes the experience-equally comforting, perfectly complementary, and with both those on the table: simply better together than apart. Yes, we are making food analogies already. The truth is, we are no longer one without the other. We came from two completely different places in life and found our person in the midst of it all.
Since day one, our certified saying is Always A Team. A simple, hefty reminder that we both don't tackle anything alone ever again, not because we can't, but because we have each other. And the best part is, we do make a really good team.
In November 2025, against the backdrop of a beautiful castle courtyard in Sintra, Portugal, Brendan asked Amanda to marry him. The funny part? Amanda already knew the proposal was happening. Why? Because Brendan, so innocently, blew the news 6 days before the Portugal trip via a photo he sent to Amanda without reviewing it himself first. The content of the photo: A decorated notecard from his coworkers wishing him a farewell from this department, sweet endeavors onto the next, and... congratulations on his engagement. It makes for an amazing story that we love to tell but the truth is, despite Amanda knowing that it was happening, she didn't know when or where. The know bouts did not take away from the extremely stunning and genuine proposal, in fact, it added so much more to the entire trip that solidified our next steps.
Now we are SO looking forward to solidifying our next chapter together and feel incredibly grateful to celebrate it with the people we love most. Thank you for being part of our story, every bit along the way.