Sarah & Matt
are getting married!

Sarah and Matt first met through mutual friends while they were both in school in Savannah, Georgia. Sarah was an avid local music fan, spending most weekends at house shows and record stores, and Matt was playing drums and other instruments for several local bands. They became friends, but it wasn’t until Sarah returned from studying abroad in France in the spring of 2015 that Matt started dropping hints. With the help of some heavy encouragement from mutual friends (shout out Jacob Tatom), romance sparked, and the two have been together ever since.

Sarah moved to Chicago after graduating in 2016, and Matt followed a few months after to start his master’s program at The University of Illinois Chicago. Their first apartment together in Lakeview provided much excitement. Just under a mile away from Wrigley Stadium, the two could often hear performances from touring acts, namely Lady Gaga, and that one time the Billie Joel concert zapped the power for the entire block. Also just a block away from the historic Music Box theatre, Sarah and Matt often enjoyed attending special events like the David Lynch film festival and midnight screenings of cult classics like The Room.

In 2018 the couple moved to Logan Square, a place that really began to feel like home. During their time living there, Matt graduated from his master’s program, advanced in his career as a high school teacher, and spent countless hours reading and writing to prepare for his PhD program applications. Meanwhile, Sarah got a new job as an in-house graphic designer, and then later left that job to open her own visual design business and independent letterpress studio. This was also the apartment where Sarah and Matt hunkered down for months and survived Covid. Finally, after selecting Notre Dame from the many offers Matt received for his PhD program, the two began their move to South Bend in the summer of 2022. That August, as the final act before moving out of the space they called home for four years, Matt proposed to Sarah in their empty apartment, before surprising her with a backyard engagement party with all of their friends.