For their first date, Stephanie Schulter and Halle Anne Bauer jumped into the Atlantic together in 17-degree weather. It was Jan. 1, 2018, and they were participating in the New Year’s Day plunge hosted by the Coney Island Polar Bear Club. Ms. Schulter, a native of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, had been attending the event for years…
Caroline Cornell and Daniel Patrick Logan weren’t technically off the grid when they found romance on the Lost Coast of Northern California, the state’s most remote oceanfront area, in the summer of 2014. But the routes each had taken to get there could definitely be described as off the beaten path. The two first met…
Erin Courtney Bellsey has always loved playing matchmaker. By her count, she has paired dozens of couples, two of which are now engaged. In October 2019, a friend flipped the script on Ms. Bellsey, asking if she’d be interested in being set up. Around that time, Charles Mellon Leonard was asked the same question by…
Late on a September evening in 2010, as Luke Neville Kalat was preparing to head home from a dance party at Bowlmor Lanes near Manhattan’s Union Square, he noticed a man staring at him from across the room. That man was Justin Claude Conner. Mr. Kalat flashed him a smile, and Mr. Conner walked over…