Before they had a first date or even a first kiss, and just a handful of months after their introduction, in 2016, Maya Ariel (left) toasted Cecilia Grugan and vowed to “put a ring on her finger” in front of a group of friends. The two had first met earlier that year at the wedding…
The Zoom wedding of Victor Gabriel Santiago Hernandez and Dr. Erika Alejandro Crespo Martínez, held on June 27 in their West Harlem studio apartment, was beamed to more than 75 households across Puerto Rico and planned in less than a month. It was the result of a question each had asked the other when New…
Remley Johnson and Robert Flock like to say that they met the old-fashioned way: out on the town, through mutual friends, at a piano bar. And a few days later they actually bumped into each other in Washington, where he lived and where she was working as a summer intern, as a program assistant at…
The initial introduction between Victoria Everett and Tracy Mitrano was as traditional as it gets. They had a friend in common who thought they might make a match, and both agreed to meet. A few days before Christmas in 2016 the friend brought Ms. Everett over to Dr. Mitrano’s house, who then lived in Ithaca,…
Danit Naomi Aronson and Taro Kimura were college sweethearts after they met at Tufts at the end of 1998. Two decades later they got together again when she reached out after seeing him as a recommended connection on the professional networking website LinkedIn. “She was creative-looking, wore bright colors and had a lot of energy,”…
Dr. David Kim had deliberately walked slowly to the bus stop in Kips Bay in Manhattan after church in the fall of 2018 knowing Sarah Ryu was finishing up a meeting there and could catch up. Ms. Ryu then dashed out knowing Dr. Kim had left earlier. “Oh hi, are you on your way home?”…
Joe Smith admitted that during his nearly 50-year marriage to Claranel Smith, who died in January 2017, he had been seeing another woman — his psychologist. “Throughout my entire marriage, my entire life, really, I knew I was gay,” said Mr. Smith, 76, a retired associate district court judge who lived in Des Moines before…
By Rachel Anne Warren The fourth wall is strong enough to keep a huge guy from acknowledging when he crashes into the bandstand, spilling his drink equally on me and into the monitor, the thud of a heavy metal microphone hitting the floor. I am invisible, physically close but seemingly far and on display. From…
It may be a while before dance floors are packed again. But music remains a priority for couples, even when hosting intimate socially distanced weddings and celebrations in person or via video conferencing apps and platforms. Hiring a D.J. for your reception — even a virtual one — offers several advantages. A great D.J. will…
When the border between the United States and Canada closed to nonessential travel on March 21 because of the coronavirus, Savannah Koop and Ryan Hamilton were less than two months away from the wedding they had been planning. The closure derailed those plans, but not their romance. Ms. Koop of Abbotsford, British Columbia, and Mr.…