Getting Pickled

Banger? I don't even know her!

Willow Blackburn is an independent, freelance graphic designer, content to keep her small, trusted circle of friends.

Luca Giordano works an unfulfilling corporate job that leaves him yearning for a greater purpose in life.

Both find enjoyment in playing pickleball, and they just so happen to live in the same neighborhood in the city of Athens, Illinois, which hosts a wildly popular mixed doubles pickleball tournament every year called The Pickle Bowl. Unfortunat...