Mark grew up in Manhattan, went to prep school in Rhode Island, attended University of Notre Dame, and then lived in Chicago for many years where he attended the University of Chicago for his MBA. In 2004, Mark moved to San Francisco where he met Mary. He currently works for Applied Materials in their Corporate Strategy group (... don't worry, you are not the only one who doesn't understand what Mark does for a living).

Mark's interests include Notre Dame Football, balancing on boards above shark infested waters, balancing on boards above snow covered mountains, competitive eating, watching Ultimate Fighter with Dr. Shen, celebrity gossip, reality television, personal investing, dominating buffets, visiting Costco, travel, red burgundies and champagnes, chicken sandwiches, and Diet Coke.

Mary is a born and raised San Franciscan who also lived in Hong Kong from ages 5-9. She studied Business at the University of California Berkeley and then moved to New York for 2 years where she worked in banking. In 2000, Mary moved back to SF and after several career changes, she spent 5 years at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, a global law firm, as Profitability Analysis Manager.  In October, Mary began working at Google as Legal Operations Manager. 

Mary's interests include bargain shopping, cooking and entertaining, event planning, restaurant critiquing, wine tasting, all types of organizing, vacationing, Jimmy Choo, eBaying, competitive anything, SF University High School, being a Stepford Wife, and all things related to eating, drinking and being "Mary".