Our Story
How We Met
It was a warm, rainy day on June
15, 2005, and an enterprising member of the Oakton Medical Center, where Julia was
waiting for her mom and Yos was fixing a computer, passed on Julia’s phone number
to him. Even though Julia had her nose in a book the whole time, Yos found Julia
irresistible and called her the same day to ask her out. His persistence paid off.
Since it turned out they lived two blocks away from each other, they agreed to meet
on the corner of Oakton and Lincoln.
Julia was dressed in a sorority t-shirt, and wearing one contact lens, Yos looked
smashing in business casual. Like a gentleman (from the 1800s), he kissed Julia’s
hand. It was cute and hilarious. They went to Cousin’s, a Turkish restaurant in
Chicago, and had a great conversation. It felt like they have known each other forever.
Even though Julia made the unforgivable mistake of not inviting Yos to her birthday
party the next day, he forgave her and they went out again. The rest, as they say,
is history.
The Proposal
Julia and Yos went
to Florida on vacation. One day, they went miniature golfing, and Julia kicked his
butt. In retrospect, maybe Yos let her win so later she would say yes. Then they
went to a beautiful restaurant on the beach. As they were waiting for appetizers,
the hostess came up and said that it was a tradition in their restaurant to go watch
the sunset on the beach and listen to the Boston Pops play on the speakers. For
a normal person, red flags would go up, living in her bubble, Julia thought it was
business as usual. They went down to the beach and sat on a log and watched the
sunset. Then, Yos got down on one knee and proposed.
Julia called him crazy, said yes, and started crying. Then she heard cheering behind
her, the whole restaurant was in on it except her. They ended the night dancing
on the beach with music floating down from the restaurant. It was perfect. But the
wonderful adventure didn’t end there. The next day, there was another surprise in
store for Julia. Yos took her to an aquarium where they got to meet, greet, and
pet penguins. They were the only people there without a small child, it was awesome.
About Us
Yosef is an entrepreneur, computer guru, and a Doctor of Oriental Medicine. He likes
to know everything about everything, and has a great sense of humor.
Julia is a future lawyer, penguin enthusiast, and enjoys dancing. Yosef makes her
laugh.