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Another Madrid winter coming to a close ✨🕺
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Thinking about the absolutely magical Madrid spring we had as I head back for a third year of teaching!! ❤️
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went to Spain ✨for the weekend✨ and all we got were these cute pics and priceless memories
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literal highlight reel of an incredibly jam packed 2024 ✨ (not pictured: the countless hours spent crying, recording and editing the MarSpace podcast, doing homework, crying, and working at my job that funds my overpriced rent and gym membership) SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS LIFE AND EVERYONE IN IT!!! Every day is fragile so KEEP DOCUMENTING AND ENJOYING WHILE YOU CAN ❤️ 
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•#yearinreview #endofyearmontage #2024memories #romanticizeyourlife
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Marlina and I got engaged on 9/21 as you all have probably seen already. It’s been a long time coming: Marlina and I started dating senior year of UCLA (7 years ago). I wouldn’t be able to pursue this wild comedy career without Marlina by my side supporting me (and literally acting in my videos). I wanted to share the behind the scenes here:

We both pretty much knew we were ready to get engaged (we’ve been dating 7 years lol). Mar would subtly show me tiktoks/reels of other proposals to give me hints. She liked the idea of a scavenger hunt, her sisters being there and knowing it was going to happen early in the day. 

I chose 9/21 because Marlina always loves dancing to the song “September” with her friends on that night. Luckily, this year it fell on a Saturday. 

On 9/21, Marlina met with her sister Maritza at 9:30AM in Madison Square Park with the expectation they’d catch up after her sister returned from a long trip. To her surprise, a man wearing a red medieval herald outfit carrying a trumpet appeared (in the vein of Shrek 2, one of our favorite movies). He (Ian) summoned her to embark on a royal scavenger hunt. At the end of which she’d find true love’s first kiss. 

Along the way, she would get a gift and a note that would take her to each consecutive location. There were 7 gifts for 7 years of dating. 

The first place was a nail salon where she was surprised by her sister Marta (who flew out) and one of her best friends, Abrisham. She then went to pick out a royal dress with Doreen, got sugar fish with Richie and Gabe, got her hair done with Ashley and Holly (then there were further guest appearances by Chanelle and Aline). The final card said “Meet me at the swamp.” 

At 6PM, we finally reunited at Central Park at a very Shrek-like gazebo. Of course I had a violinist playing the fairytale song from the beginning of movie. Mar thought that was going to be the proposal spot until my brother picked us up in a row boat and took us to the actual proposal location.

Of course, the final gift was a ring ❤️

📸 @lunaweddingsstudio
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