| | | Johnny is in his tenth season as a violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He first met Jerome on the LA Phil’s 2008 tour of Asia. They were seated next to each other on a flight from Tokyo to Singapore and proceeded to talk about Hilary Hahn for the next 7 hours. Since then, they have enjoyed countless servings of chicken with mustard greens whilst trying to cram in as much conversation as possible, yet never quite finishing any one story. Johnny will always remember the late-night ramen with egg, the inappropriate laughter during just about any movie, chatting with Bl/ice and Joobi, geeking out to violin music in the car, and crazy times in Vegas. And while Johnny misses Jerome terribly, he wishes him and Kevin the best in the their new life together! |
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| | Colin currently lives by the beaches of Venice, California where he is not a surfer, but rather a Production Designer/Art Director for film and TV. Colin also teaches architecture at USC and fills any time off tinkering with freelance design and art projects. Colin met Jerome in Los Angeles in 2009 through their mutual friend Johnny Lee and have remained close throughout the years, sharing incredible food adventures across the city, long hikes in the Santa Monica mountains, wine soaked concerts at the Bowl, mutual adoration for Audra and fun nights out on the town. While Colin is sad to lose a member of the singles club in LA, he's thrilled for Jerome and Kevin and wish them all the best! |
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| | Andy lives in Los Angeles, does PR, and more importantly, can cut a rug on the dance floor. Andy and Jerome’s friendship can be traced back to their first meeting at a now-defunct L.A. nightclub known as “Shits and Giggles”, which is appropriate because their friendship has been nothing but that – great times and fun memories. While they haven’t bonded over the likes of Hilary Hahn or Audra (Andy still has no idea who those people are), Andy and Jerome have bonded over a love for Korean food in pajamas, the great outdoors, and drawn out conversations about life, love, and Jerome’s lack of a social media presence. Although it was difficult seeing a fellow musketeer move to the “other” coast, Andy is so happy that Jerome is finally in the same city as his wonderful, soon-to-be husband. Best wishes to the happy couple!
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| | Bryan is a 28 year Navy Captain, who lives in sunny San Diego. He and Kevin met when they served together in the Navy on the leadership team at Navy Information Operations Command San Diego. Their friendship grew out of their professional relationship, where they discovered that they complemented each other’s style at work. Bryan brought the long-range, big picture, sometimes overly passionate, but notoriously, less detailed perspective to their team, while Kevin brought seasoned professional, highly detail-oriented, dispassionate and level-headed perspective to their team. Their balanced yin and yang friendship carries over today as they continue to work together, albeit on different coasts, serving to solve the Navy’s most technical challenges as part of the Navy’s Cyber Task Force. In their personal lives as their friendship grew, Bryan often hoped Kevin would find that special someone so that he might also enjoy the contentment of a blissful marriage and a family to call his own. So, it was with great exhilaration that Bryan received the news that Kevin had met the man of his dreams and announced his pending marriage. Congratulations Kevin and Jerome!
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| | LeeAnn, Kevin's younger sister, has made Hawaii her home and has lived there for the last 8 years with her partner, Stephanie. She works as a Program Support Lead for a local government contractor. She followed in her big brother's footstep and joined the military out of high school. Recently, she made the transition from Air Force enlisted to an Army officer in the Hawaii Army National Guard. Because of the family love of pets, she volunteers her free time as the president of a local non profit dog rescue. Knowing Kevin her whole life, and looking up to him for most of it, LeeAnn has a lot of happy memories of her big brother. Although their military lives never crossed paths as either of them would have liked, they made it a point to stay in touch and get together as often as they could. LeeAnn wouldn't think of missing this very special day. She's thrilled that Kevin has found someone that makes his heart smile every day from this day forward. Congratulations Kevin and Jerome! |
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| | Matt met Kevin about 3 years ago when they were both visiting their boyfriends in Las Vegas, the city of LOVE. It was at that moment Matt knew he had met a friend for life. Matt began working with a Hotel Group in Washington DC and began traveling each month from Miami to DC. During these trips, Matt spent a lot of time with Penny and Jake, visiting Kevin when he had time. Many a night was spent around a blazing campfire, talking over chilled beers and enjoying each other's company. Contrary to popular belief, Matt and his boyfriend moved to Washington DC for work and not to be close to Kevin & Jerome. But it is nice to be closer to these two crazy kids. Matt has treasured the time he has spent with Kevin and getting to know this amazing guy. He is so happy for them both and couldn't imagine his live without them in it. Cheers to a new year, more memories and a new Queen (Jerome). |
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