The Encounter
It all started with a rose — the one free rose a broke Hinge user gets each week. Vick was supposed to be writing a moot court brief. He wrote zero words of it. Instead, he found a pretty girl with dazzling height and a captivating smile on Discover whose name was suspiciously close to his own, and handed over his one rose.
Vicki made him sweat for it — nearly a month of silence (she was busy skiing in Niseko, no big deal). Her opening message, when it finally came? “I have a JD too.”
Once they migrated to WeChat, Vick couldn’t help himself: “Your name is Vicki and mine is Vick — did fate mean to bring us together?” 😉
Their first date, January 10, 2024, was a full tour: drinks and name jokes at the Redwood Room at The Clift Royal Sonesta San Francisco, Salt & Straw ice cream in Hayes Valley (turns out Vicki hates cold things), and jazz-fueled dancing at Top of the Mark at the Intercontinental. When Vick rolled back into Berkeley, grinning the whole drive, it was past 1 a.m.
The Pursuit
A slow, sure courtship — late-night phone calls, first road trips, and the quiet certainty that this was the person worth chasing.
A few words about how you fell for each other — the dates, the distance, the moment you knew — to come.
The Elopement
Knowing a New York federal clerkship was calling — and with, let’s say, other things on his mind — Vick decided it was time. He proposed to Vicki, not on a whim, but (much to Vicki’s mild horror) over text, from out of town. Somehow, that didn’t stop her from saying yes on the spot — their parents only found out after the fact.
On November 30, 2024, in front of Vick’s beloved mentor, the Honorable Nancy Waples of the Vermont Supreme Court, Vick and Vicki tied the knot at the real-life Sound of Music setting: the Von Trapp Family Lodge in the snowy Green Mountain town of Stowe, VT.
The Engagement
Studying at Cornell has been one of Vicki’s favorite chapters of her time in the U.S. — so when Vick asked to visit for the Fourth of July, Vicki said yes without a second thought.
Little did she know, with an accomplice squad — Vicki’s friend Coco and her partner Victor — and a diamond ring hiding in his pocket, Vick got down on one knee under the gothic arches of West Campus. 5 p.m., July 4, 2026, right on cue: Cornell’s McGraw Tower chimed out “In My Life,” by Vicki’s all-time favorite band, The Beatles.
The Two of Us
These days, Vick and Vicki call Downtown Brooklyn home. By day, Vick keeps himself busy preserving creditors’ and debtors’ value as a business restructuring attorney at One Vanderbilt — while Vicki is off creating value (and taking over lawyers’ business) at a legal AI startup near Union Square.
In their free time, the two chase adventures, hunt down new restaurants, catch movies, hit the golf course, and go swimming. Here and now, with everything still ahead, we can’t wait to celebrate the next chapter with you.
