Kimberly Melissa Tolman and Billal Jamshed Dar were married Oct. 5 at New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Neil B. Pioch, a friend of the bride who became a Universal Life minister for this event, officiated.
Ms. Tolman, 40, is a segment producer in Manhattan for “The View,” which is shown on ABC. She graduated from Oberlin College.
The bride is a daughter of Loretta J. McKay of Southfield, Mich., and William G. Tolman Jr. of Waterford, Mich. The bride’s father retired as an owner of Auto Doctors, a car repair shop that was in Waterford. Her mother retired as an estimator’s assistant at Elco Textron, a car parts supplier that was in Southfield. The bride is also a stepdaughter of Colleen F. Tolman.
Mr. Dar, 36, is a finance director at A&E Networks, which is in Manhattan and owns cable and satellite television channels. He graduated from Syracuse University and received an M.B.A. from St. John’s University.
He is a son of Najma Dar and Jamshed B. Dar of Pomona, N.Y. The groom’s mother retired as a counter manager for Lancôme at the Macy’s department store in Rockaway, N.J. His father is a food chemist who develops beverage flavorings in Pomona, and retired as a vice president for technical and manufacturing services at AriZona Beverages, which is in Woodbury, N.Y.
The couple worked in the same media company in Manhattan, and saw each other regularly in the kitchen between their offices, but didn’t begin dating until 2008, after she had started a job in a different office. In fact, when she first received email from him, inquiring about a business matter, she had no idea who he was. So when she agreed to go out with him, she accepted hoping that she would recognize him when she walked into the restaurant. “Honestly, I couldn’t conjure him,” she said. “So when I walked in, I was like, ‘Oh thank God.’ I just never put a name to the face.”
