Thursday, August 16, 2012

Opticians Fall in Love

For Owl Optical owners Chris and Julie Hansen, glasses are talismans. So goes their press release. They met at an eyewear shop in 1998 where Julie was working while studying at the University of Minnesota. Chris waited for her to help him. Julie’s big first line? “I like your boots!” Julie recalls Chris picked a pair of black plastic-framed Lafonts. Chris was too shy to ask her out in the public gaze of the optical shop, so he waited until he got home to make the big call. They went out for a drink, talked about eyewear, and have been together ever since. Married in 1999, the couple has two boys who make occasional star appearances at the shop, and a Siberian husky. Read more.

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