.Expert tennis player Carol Zhao and DoorDash co-founder Andy Cog both attended Stanford College all at once-- Andy even stayed around the loss coming from some of Carol's bridesmaids during fresher year-- but it had not been until they both graduated that they hooked up. After Zhao received a personal injury in the springtime of 2019 on the tennis circuit, she came back to San Francisco, where their pathways lastly crossed. "I possessed no tip that what believed that a career tragedy back then will be actually the inspiration to the beginning of our connection," Carol states. "Now, it feels like it was actually destiny." Their 1st time took place at the Biergarten in Hayes Valley, San Francisco. "What started as an easy conversation over drinks developed into a multi-hour undertaking that stretched over multiple bars in the neighborhood," Andy states. "And also also a poultry ramen dinner!" After they began courting (and Carol recovered from her accident) the tennis calendar kept Carol taking a trip near to 10 months a year, so it took major preparation for Andy to lock down an opportunity and spot to propose. "In February 2023, I decided to propose in Austin, Texas and likewise looped her parents in to my programs," Andy keeps in mind. "When I got here, I pretended all of us were actually going out for a wonderful supper however amazed Carol with my proposal. Afterwards, we celebrated together at a neighboring Mexican dining establishment, Suerte."" I really loved that it was easy, special, and also exclusive," Carol says. "Just both people during that instant." The couple's wedding ceremony was on Saturday, July 20, at the Belmond Vacation Home San Michele in capitals of Florence, Italy. Florence was just one of the initial metropolitan areas Carol's parents took a trip to after they got married, as well as Andy had always intended to understand a loved ones travel to Europe that he would certainly considered to take in 2020, yet that fell through because of the pandemic. "Due to the fact that our attendees were originating from numerous locations worldwide, our company thought even more relaxed giving Florence as our wedding celebration destination," Andy mentions. "As well as our company could not be actually better about that decision!" They had around a year to look areas, browse through web sites, taste menus, as well as organize the plan, however it was actually no tiny activity. Their planners-- Colin Cowie Events-- guaranteed they remained on monitor. It was essential to the bride and groom that they spend meaningful opportunity along with each visitor, so they curated the activities and also attendee lodgings with hookup and also neighborhood in mind, and they collaborated with Cowie as well as his team to consider every element. "They were an impressive partner to aid mold our wedding occasion and make it revitalize," Carol states. "In the course of the wedding ceremony weekend break, the Colin Cowie Lifestyle group was actually extremely detail-oriented and dealt with any requirement our company possessed. The amount of solution was actually a cherry on top of an actually remarkable weekend break.".