Lina & Brian in St. Louis, MO

While Lina and Brian attended the University of Michigan, the two had mutual friends and even lived in the same dorm for a year. But Lina and Brian didn’t really connect until they both moved to Chicago, and they became good friends after running into each other randomly. “Our friendship turned into romance…three months before I moved to Texas for grad school!” Lina says. The Bride Lina Lee, 28, architect The Groom Brian Chiu, 28, senior consultant The Date July 8 The pair reunited in Chicago after more than two years of dating long-distance, and after Brian proposed on Valentine’s Day, they began planning an outdoor wedding in the groom’s hometown of St. Louis.