.Specialist ping pong player Carol Zhao and DoorDash founder Andy Cog both went to Stanford Educational institution simultaneously-- Andy also stayed around the loss from among Carol's bridesmaids in the course of freshman year-- but it wasn't up until they each got a degree that they attached. After Zhao received a personal injury in the spring season of 2019 on the ping pong circuit, she went back to San Francisco, where their roads finally crossed. "I had no suggestion that what felt like a profession tragedy at the time will be actually the inspiration to the begin of our relationship," Carol mentions. "Right now, it believes that it was actually fortune." Their first date occurred at the Biergarten in Hayes Lowland, San Francisco. "What started as a basic conversation over cocktails developed into a multi-hour event that spanned a number of clubs in the neighborhood," Andy says. "As well as also a poultry ramen dinner!" After they began courting (and also Carol bounced back from her injury) the tennis schedule always kept Carol taking a trip near to 10 months a year, so it took severe preparing for Andy to latch down an opportunity as well as place to recommend. "In February 2023, I decided to propose in Austin, Texas and also looped her parents into my programs," Andy always remembers. "When I got here, I made believe all of us were pursuing a nice dinner however shocked Carol with my plan. After that, we celebrated all together at a surrounding Mexican bistro, Suerte."" I really loved that it was actually simple, private, as well as personal," Carol mentions. "Just the two of us because minute." The couple's wedding got on Saturday, July twenty, at the Belmond Suite San Michele in the hills of Florence, Italy. Florence was among the 1st areas Carol's parents traveled to after they received married, and Andy had actually consistently desired to understand a household trip to Europe that he would certainly planned to absorb 2020, however that fell through as a result of the pandemic. "Because our guests were actually originating from several locations around the world, our team experienced more comfy giving Florence as our wedding event destination," Andy says. "And also we couldn't be actually better about that selection!" They possessed around a year to search locations, go to web sites, sample menus, and also organize the travel plan, however it was actually no tiny task. Their organizers-- Colin Cowie Events-- ensured they remained on monitor. It was necessary to both that they invest meaningful opportunity along with each guest, so they curated the celebrations and attendee accommodations with link as well as community in mind, and they worked with Cowie and his team to consider every facet. "They were an incredible partner to aid form our wedding occasion and also create it revive," Carol mentions. "In the course of the wedding event weekend, the Colin Cowie Way of living crew was actually extremely detail-oriented as well as served any sort of necessity we possessed. The amount of company was a cherry in addition to an already outstanding weekend.".