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EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS

A pair of teens gets to know each other over lunch at The Boardwalk

Teens Hunter Cristo and Liat Holden connect over lunch after a random Safeway encounter, sharing lacrosse dreams and life goals.

Tyler Callister
By TYLER CALLISTER · 1 min read
TYLER CALLISTER / THE ARKLiat Holden and Hunter Cristo are seen Aug. 6 behind Rustic Bakery at The Boardwalk shopping center after meeting earlier that day at the Strawberry Village Safeway. The two 17-year-olds decided to have lunch together after striking up a conversation in the grocery store.

Hunter Cristo and Liat Holden are sharing lunch behind Rustic Bakery on Aug. 6, soon after the two 17-year-olds met randomly in the Strawberry Village Safeway.

“She was super bold,” Hunter says. “She just came up to me in the grocery store.”

Liat says she noticed Hunter’s “Program X Lacrosse” T-shirt.

“I thought he looked familiar,” she says. “And I wanted to know where he got his shirt.”

The two found themselves talking for so long they decided to grab lunch together, heading over to The Boardwalk shopping center to eat their salad and sushi behind Rustic Bakery.

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A version of this story appeared in the Aug. 13, 2025, print edition of The Ark. See something wrong? Request a correction.
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