Pandemic romance
Sam Santiago and Enriqué Cobián at their wedding. Dallas man met the man of his dreams while vacationing with friends in Mexico DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Sam Santiago was sick with COVID-19 in November 2020 and, with the pandemic in full swing, couldn’t celebrate his birthday — the big 5-0 — as planned.
By March, vaccines had become available and things were a little safer. So he traveled to Puerto Vallarta with about five friends for a delayed celebration.
The group had planned to hook up with another group of half a dozen friends who would also be in P.V. at the same time. That second group included a man named Enrique Cobian.
When the two groups of men got together, Sam met Enrique. And all the plans each had made for spending time with their own group of friends fell by the wayside, Santiago said.
