Our first date was at the Wende Museum in Culver City, an institution dedicated to exploring Cold War-era Soviet art and society. It was an offbeat choice that thankfully we both appreciated. We saw each other every weekend after that, exploring neighborhoods, visiting botanical gardens, making homemade pasta, and reliving childhood thrills at Knott’s Berry Farm. Three years and many meals later, we got engaged on Valentine’s weekend over slices of blood orange upside-down cake, the very same dessert that Miles made for our first Valentine’s dinner.