some of who we are & who we've been

...and some places & folks & things we love...

we met on November 27, 2017, and got engaged on December 4, 2017

(the east village was glorious that night)

and we're getting married on September 27, 2020!

Sara directs plays

like this Twelfth Night at Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ

Beau writes fiction

like this novel he's currently trying to sell (Sara made this mock-up cover for it!)

Sara is also an author (self-published)

and from 2017-2019 she was the theater critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com

Sara wrote about 220 theater reviews for Vulture & New York Mag! (so. many. coffee. shops.)

and, beyond the novel, Beau's written a lot of short stories.

we've both spent a lot of time writing in coffee shops in Brooklyn

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we also both love to read.

we read a lot!

here's some books we love

and we hike in Harriman whenever possible

Harriman is great.

and so is El Yunque National Forest

and if you can ever get to the Priorat, the hiking (& the wine!) are excellent

Sara is a member of a viscious gang

Beau's gang is somewhat less vicious. . . and also harder to gather into one place.

especially Sasha . . .

. . . there she is!

and also Rhea & Kiki!

Sara is also the Artistic Director of Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford in Stratford, CT

where she sometimes builds 8-person bear puppets

sometimes, directing plays looks like this

other times, it looks like this

it's all a balancing act

these are among the most-played records in our collection

and this is one of our favorite recorded concerts — whenever you can't pick what to listen to or watch, this is always a good answer

Beau's traveled a lot — he's been to 28 countries (including Peru w/ Sasha)

but his favorites are probably Nicaragua (where he wrote half his first novel, which no one will ever read)

and Thailand, where he was in the Peace Corps from 2009 - 2011

but also the US — there's some crazy beautiful places here, too.

sometimes Sara is a country bear

sometimes she's a city bear (this was the night we got engaged!)

she's always been a bear!

she grew up in Virginia, and sometimes wore pink shorts and investigated bell peppers in her grandfather's garden

she's done a whole lot of theater, and even some with her parents! (Sara's Dad directed this Twelfth Night in 2007, where she played Viola and her Mom designed the costumes)

and in 2015, Sara visited Moscow and St. Petersburg (but mostly Anton)

Beau grew up mostly in Mississippi (around a lot of Australian Shephards)

and worked for Obama in 2008

and once he was briefly a Buddhist monk

he can clean up when he has to — like at Aaron & Katie's wedding

although when he doesn't have to...

and he plays guitar, and when he plays with Rhea they're called the Sudden Bus Adventure!
(here live from the Mojito House in San Marcos, Guatemala, 2013)

here on a reunion tour in Costa Rica, 2019

Sara biked the Manhattan Bridge a whole dang lot of times