Nothing brings people together like good food. And it’s no different for Johnson and Katy. Johnson and Katy first met at a mutual friend’s home party. After long hours of feasting, indulging in silly drinking games and merrymaking, they found that they enjoyed each other’s company. And it wasn’t just because of the alcohol. We hope. Johnson found himself captivated by Katy’s natural light-heartedness, and Katy was fascinated by Johnson’s knowledge and insight into life. By the end of that party, they both left with smiles on their faces and something new in their hearts.
The first time they held hands was in Las Vegas. They were on a trip with a large group of friends, during which Johnson decided to throw caution out the window and hold Katy’s hand, to see how she would react to him. When Katy saw Johnson slowly reaching his hand towards hers, she was so embarrassed that she had to hold onto her friend’s hand, too, for extra support. But those of us who have experienced love know that this embarrassment was caused only by the fluttering of the heart of a young woman at the brink of love.
They had their first walk together at Redondo Beach Pier, a place that had always been special to Katy. She had been feeling emotionally down one evening, and as soon as Johnson learned of this, he rushed to Katy’s side to give her support and raise her spirits. He drove Katy to the pier, arriving around midnight. On the pier, they walked hand in hand, enjoying that evening’s warm, salty sea breeze and sky full of bright stars. Now Redondo Beach Pier is a place that will forever be close to Johnson’s heart, too.
The first vacation they took together was a weeklong drive along the coast of California. The two traveled from Hearst Castle to Monterey, from The Mystery Spot to San Francisco. They seized this opportunity to experience the most from their first trip together as a young couple, experiencing the beauty of California’s coastline and the best of California’s cuisine. To this day, Katy still often looks back to when the two of them ate the best, freshest Dungeness crabs ever at Fisherman’s Wharf. Both of them found the Kentucky Fried Chicken that they had in the city of Angel Camp, near Yosemite, sublime. So much so, that they both still constantly talk about it. Was this food really that delicious, or was it the company that made it so? Perhaps it was both. There are times when you are disappointed - as when Johnson and Katy ate the worst Chinese food ever (complete with dried-up rice) in a small town in Northern California – and times where you are pleasantly surprised – like having the best, juiciest, meatiest, freshest chicken ever made at a KFC – but these are the flavors of life.
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