sexybesties4life

sexybesties4life

We first met on a now-defunct dating app in August 2016, and Alicia almost canceled the first date because it was "too hot" that night. With some encouragement from a friend, she made it out and one drink turned into five hours of non-stop laughter - the quickest way to Alicia’s heart. We walked Alicia home hand in hand that night and the rest is history as we embarked on a whirlwind romance that quickly resulted in Alicia joining Mike to live in the infamous Mulberry Street apartment so many of you have tenured at.

It was an instant attraction on all levels that continues to grow and evolve with time. Over the years, we have grown both personally and professionally: switching careers, standing beside Mike's incredible daughter Kaiah as she graduated from high school, college and graduate school, saying a tearful goodbye to our beloved Lotus and a joyful hello to our darling Hashbrown, buying a beautiful Brooklyn home together and enjoying life surrounded by an abundance of family and friends. Through major life evolution and change, the one constant is that we wake up each day and continue to choose each other.

In July of 2022, we traveled to the Amalfi Coast of Italy, where on the most picturesque overlook in Positano, Mike got down on one knee and proposed. Through the cheers of onlookers, neither of us quite remembers what he said as both were so overcome with emotion, but most certainly Alicia enthusiastically said YES! The celebration started immediately during our Amalfi vacation before jetting over to Sardinia for a sailing trip with old and new friends around Costa Smeralda and Corsica. Upon our return, the party continued at Alicia’s first back-to-back Phish shows in Bethel, NY before finally uniting with family in NYC and Miami. To say it was a magical engagement would be an understatement!

Once planning for the wedding started in 2022, we immediately knew it should be in México. Alicia lived in Mexico from 2000-2005 where she unearthed a deep passion and love for the people and the country she continues to consider a home away from home. Mike had traveled to México before, but always to beach resort towns. Since dating, Alicia has introduced him to the other wonders of México and he too has slipped under its spell. It's grown from feeling like "Alicia’s place" to feeling like "our place".

Oaxaca embodies so much of why we feel at home in México. The layered history, wild and exotic natural beauty, world-class cuisine, cultural legacy of mezcal, creative artistry, lively entertainment and warmth of the welcoming people, all of which keeps drawing us back. It is our hope that you all fall in love with its intimacy and beauty the same way that we have.