Alana Newton
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BOBB, 29, AND O'CONNOR, 35
September 14, 2008 | 8:37amAug. 21 - As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. Neither Bani O'Connor nor Ebou Abdou Bobb wanted to go on a blind date two years ago, but it's a...
GRELLER, 30, AND BLUMBERG, 32
August 17, 2008 | 4:00amJuly 27 - Kandace Blumberg and Mark Greller received a lesson in love four years ago, when they met at PS 154 in Brooklyn. The Cobble Hill duo, both elementary...
BURKUS, 28 AND PEISER, 27
July 6, 2008 | 6:00amJune 13 - Who says you can't find love in a bar? Meredith Burkus, formerly a bartender at the Dead Poet on the Upper West Side, hit it off with...
REINHARD, 27, AND PERRIN, 26
June 29, 2008 | 6:26amJune 14 - Nobody puts a bride in the corner - especially at her own wedding! After Wade Perrin and Blaire Reinhard's nuptials at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown,...
BRINKMAN, 33, AND LAGUNA, 28
June 1, 2008 | 6:59amMay 17 - Carianne Laguna's wedding to Derek Brinkman was more than a marriage union - it was a musical extravaganza! It all started when Brinkman, vice president of product...
EGAN, 25, AND FREYER, 26
May 18, 2008 | 7:02amApril 26 - Allison Freyer and Patrick Egan were blinded by love. Well, almost. One year after being set up on a blind date by a mutual friend, Egan, a...
OSBORNE, 31, AND MISARKO, 31
May 11, 2008 | 7:21amOsborne, 31, and Misarko, 31 April 19 - Fate has a funny way of bringing people together, particularly Tracy Misarko and Daniel Osborne. "I always had a crush on him...
DECLARA, 27, AND CRONIN, 26
May 4, 2008 | 8:07amMarch 29 - The first ring Charles DeClara bought for Christina Cronin featured one opal and cost $53. DeClara, who was 15 years old at the time, only had $45...
BRENIZER, 29, AND TSOI, 27
April 27, 2008 | 7:38amApril 12 - Andrea Tsoi and Ryan Brenizer got engaged at the very same spot they met: Grand Central Terminal. She was a Manhattanite, but he was living in Westchester,...
NEWHALL, 37 AND MACMILLAN, 37
April 13, 2008 | 5:06amApril 5 - When Kristin Newhall first laid eyes on Ross MacMillan, he was in a skirt. MacMillan, the managing director of Jeffries and Co. financial firm, wore a kilt...
BECKMAN, 24, AND ZEMEL, 25
April 6, 2008 | 5:41amFeb. 24 - The first question Paul Zemel asked Laura Ann Beckman was whether she needed help finding shoes. "Paul was working [at a shoe store] and kept asking if...
RICCI, 27, AND TRIVELASA, 32
March 30, 2008 | 4:15amFeb. 22 - The day Peter Trivelasa proposed to Janel Ricci was dramatic, to say the least. After surprising her that morning with an extravagant La Perla gift, he hand-delivered...
KELLY, 32, AND MCQUADE, 34
March 30, 2008 | 4:15amFeb. 22 - "Kissing him goodnight every evening and seeing him every morning is what makes marriage so special," says Colleen Kelly about her new husband Declan McQuade. The Greenpoint,...
WAINSTEIN, 36, AND FORREST, 27
March 23, 2008 | 5:08amMarch 9 - "I knew from the very first day I saw that head full of pomade he was the one!" says Julianne Himiko Forrest. She reunited with Michael Wainstein...
MICHAEL, 31, AND FARRELL, 38
March 9, 2008 | 8:01amFeb. 2 - "Once the bride hits the pool in her wedding dress, all bets are off!" laughs bride Mollie Michel, who incited 30 guests to jump in the swimming...
FALINE, 26, AND REAGAN, 26
March 2, 2008 | 7:11amJan. 20 - Erin Faline's dance moves sealed the deal for Matthew Reagan. The senior regional sales associate for Axa Distributors saw his future bride get her groove on at...
GROBSTEIN, 45, AND GALEN, 43
March 2, 2008 | 7:11amJan. 20 - "It's hard to give up that beach wedding dream," says Gigi Galen. "My poor flower guy tried to set up the chuppah on the beach, but every...
HAN, 29, AND JO, 27
January 27, 2008 | 7:48amOct. 13 - When congratulating someone, it's common to give a high-five or shake hands, but on Elliot Han's wedding day, his friends hit the bottom of his feet instead....
BYRNE, 24, AND URIA, 26
January 27, 2008 | 7:48amDec. 15 - Not even a sleet storm could stop Martin Uria as he traveled from Delaware to New York to propose to his college sweetheart, Deirdre Byrne. "I immediately...
HANKO, 39 AND JENKINS, 38
January 27, 2008 | 7:48amJan. 11- Glyn Jenkins and Debra Hanko met at a bar near Times Square one fateful night last April when Jenkins was visiting New York from his hometown of Manchester,...