About Us

Karen and Paul met as acquaintances back in 2000 through their mutual friend Nancy. Though they did not spend much time with each other until April of 2006, when Paul was coming to SF on a business trip and asked Karen and Nancy to have dinner. Nancy couldn’t make it, but Karen could, since she fortuitously could not play tennis due to rain. So they met for dinner in The Mission and that is how it all started….

About Karen:

Born and raised in San Francisco, Karen got her bachelor’s degree from U.C. Berkeley in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. In college, she fell in love with traveling after going to Europe for the first time during her junior year. After college she worked in Silicon Valley and began to pursue a part-time master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. After a few years, she then decided to finish her master’s full-time and throw in some travel in between. During that time, she was able to spend two months in Taiwan and one month backpacking around Southeast Asia and Japan. After graduating from Stanford, she began a new career in the wireless industry and is now currently working at a small Palo Alto start-up that creates mobile media applications. Karen still loves to travel and especially loves to travel with Paul, as demonstrated by how they have already been all around the world together. She also loves to play tennis and makes Paul hit with her almost every day. Additionally, she enjoys cooking delicious food, but hates to clean, so Paul generously offers his services there as well.

About Paul:

Paul was born in West Palm Beach, FL and spent his early years shirtless catching lizards, stepping on frogs, and eating fish and lobster. He moved to St. Louis, MO and got his Bachelor's degree at Iowa State University in Aerospace Engineering. He then went to Seattle to design aircraft at Beoing for 7 years. After that he got a Master's degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Stanford and joined NextCard, a startup in San Francisco. At NextCard, he had the fortune to meet Karen through their mutual friend Nancy. He always thought she was cute and fun, but unfortunately never got to know her very well back then. Since then he has worked on web sites for banks, including Advanta in Philadelphia and Washington Mutual in Seattle and San Francisco. He has pursued several sports including basketball, mountain climbing, running, and most recently tennis to enjoy the quality exercise time with Karen.