Cat food: the key to the pre-wedding interview

Phil and Amy have, for the most part, great memory recall. When we sat down earlier today for their pre-wedding interview, they gave me a nuanced, layered story of how they met and fell in love. I'll write that tale after their ceremony, in October.

The story involves antiques, breast cancer, the Singer Spotlight program at FitzGerald's Nightclub, a cat named Saffron, and her food. Phil was trying to tell me how he proposed, but said he had a mental black-out as he popped the question, and couldn't remember how he did it — until Amy reminded him about the cat food.

After that, Phil remembered everything.