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Feb 6, 20231 min read
A Date Worth Returning To, and Paying For...Jim Medina and Rick Brown
By John Grossi How They Met and First Date Rick and I met playing volleyball organized through The Center in Long Beach back in 1988,”...

Feb 6, 20232 min read
A Cliff May Rancho Romance...Margaret and Don Kennedy
By John Grossi Margaret remembers first hearing about “Donnie” Kennedy when she was in 6th grade at Cubberley. Her neighbor, who was in...

Feb 6, 20232 min read
A Legendary Blind Date...David and Susan Zanatta
By John Grossi In 1990, when both were in their 30s, David and Susan Zanatta were set up on a blind date by a mutual friend. It was the...


Feb 6, 20232 min read
Cupid’s Arrow Lands at the Archery Center...Nolan and Jesse Hiemstra
By John Grossi Jesse and Nolan met as teenagers in their church youth group at the Emmanuel Reform Church in Paramount. They were part of...


Feb 6, 20232 min read
Christmas Parade Magic...Kathleen and Bob Mest
By John Grossi Kathleen had just moved to Long Beach in August of 2003, and was ready to meet new people and try new things. Her cousin’s...


Feb 6, 20234 min read
Getting Back Out There...A first-hand account of what it’s like to love, lose, and love again
By Louise Haglind The Background A widow at the age of 55? How did that happen? I didn’t follow the predictable life pattern of growing...


Jan 30, 20232 min read
“Ice Dogs” Love Worthy of the Big Screen...Courtney and Sean Cover
By John Grossi When Courtney was just 20 years old, attending LBCC, she got a call from her mom who was at work in the school office of...


Jan 30, 20232 min read
Long Beach con Amore...Jake Armstrong and Emma Mariscal
By John Grossi Emma and Jake briefly met at a mutual friend’s moving away party at Panxa in Long Beach in 2016, though at the time, they...


Jan 30, 20232 min read
A Student Union Union...Amber and Jonathan Holloway
By John Grossi Amber and Jonathan first met in the Student Union at Cal State Long Beach in 1997, but at the time, they were not...


Jan 30, 20232 min read
Field Trip Romance...Gus Orozco and Britny Coker-Moen
By John Grossi Gus and Britny were enrolled in the same Environmental Science and Policy class at at Long Beach State in 2017, but sat on...


Jan 30, 20232 min read
Good Grief, I’m Glad We Met...Heddy and Bill Niemeyer
By John Grossi Bill and Heddy Niemeyer met in the last place on earth they were looking for love… a bereavement group at St. Cyprian’s...

Jan 30, 20232 min read
A Universal Connection...Samantha and Lorenz Morris-Tellez
By John Grossi On July 4th, 2014, 17 year-old Lorenz Tellez brought a telescope (from the telescope store at which he worked) to his...
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