Roderick (Rod, Rod Rod)
Developer, Guitar player, Photographer, ½ IronMan
Marielle (Mar, Mar Mar, Mari)
Quality Assurance, Tutor, Zumba,
In 2006, Rod was working in New York City at GLG as a Developer. Mar was working in New Hampshire at eCopy (Nuance) in the Quality Assurance department. Mar’s sister had been living in New York and that year around Thanksgiving Mar got an interview at GLG. She got a list of the people that were going to interview her, and on the list is Roderick Rodriguez. When she saw his last name, she thought this part of the interview could be done easily in Spanish. Instead, an Asian guy walks in to the conference room with the toughest set of questions that even required a picture explanation. She got the job, and in January 2007, Marielle and Roderick began working together but were not dating!!!
In March 2008 (the 14th to be exact), while in Austin, TX for the annual SXSW festival, Rod & Mar finally decided dating would be a good road to run on. For the next 3 years, that journey was filled with many travels, adventures, and memories.
Every anniversary, Rod & Mar make plans to spend and celebrate their anniversary. In March 2011, on their 3 year anniversary, Rod made his own plans and Mar had her own plans: both very different. That night, they met on the corner of 62nd and Lexington where for the last 3 years was a common meeting place to start a run. Rod and Mar walked (very fast) to Central Park that night, and kept walking to what seemed like a cut across the park, Rod stopped and proposed to Mar on Bow Bridge and asked if she wanted to continue their journey. After a tearful ‘Yes’ and moment of shock (and anger), they continued over to the Asiate Restaurant in the Mandarin Hotel. After a wonderful meal with excellent wine and some phone calls to family, Rod had one more surprise. An evening at the Mandarin Hotel with a bed full of roses and music, it left Mar with no chance to do her plan this year, or any other...