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TEN PLUS A RABBI ERICA EISEN + JARED KAHN AUGUST 30, 2020 By Billy Fong. Photography Thisbe Grace McWilliams. "E legant and e f f i c i e n t " might not be the way most people would l i k e t h e i r wedding described — but Erica Eisen might beg to differ. The nuptials she shared with her dashing husband, Jared Kahn, were intimate, beautiful, and — given that plans were made in less than a month during a pandemic — most of all, efficient. Erica, a cardiologist nurse practitioner, says they found each other on a "not too special" dating website in 2018. She had grown up in Dallas and returned after college. Jared is from upstate New York and was working as an investment banker when they met. Their first date was at the Happiest Hour — an oh-so appropriate venue for the requisite one-and-done dating formula. In their case, however, one led to two, then three hours, as the conversation could have gone into the wee hours of the morning. After about date three, Erica says they were inseparable. After two years together, he proposed. This was during the period that many refer to as forced COVID cohabitation — June 2020. Around the same time, his firm intimidated that he might be up for a promotion. Shortly after Erica accepted the ring, the call came with that opportunity, but with the stipulation that he relocate. They chose Tampa and had two months to uproot their lives and move to South Florida. Given the WEDDINGS Erica Eisen Kahn & Jared Kahn 36