Of all the various ways people could come together over Hurricane Irene’s mopey, rainy tour through New York City—or the fervent preparations in its lead-up—romance was of course inevitable. Following that logic, the ‘Missed Connections’ section of Craigslist would generate a few moments of Sliding Doors-esque romance as well. Naturally, it doesn’t disappoint. Read More
Inna Barmash and Lev (Ljova) Zhurbin
Met: March 1, 2004
Engaged: Jan. 14, 2005
Projected Wedding Date: August 2007
Mash-up marriage! Inna Barmash, lead singer of Romashka, a Gypsy band, plans to wed Lev (Ljova) Zhurbin, a classically trained violist and composer, at a yet-to-be disclosed location. Both are 28.
They met after the dark, Read More
Tina Balazs and Michael Ferreter
Met: December 2000
Engaged: Aug. 15, 2006
Projected Wedding Date: Feb. 10, 2007
Michael Ferreter, 32, a production manager for ABC News, is marrying Tina Balazs, 29, an associate project manager for the Publicist Medical Education Group, who is no relation to the boutique hotelier (and Uma Thurman’s boyfriend) Andre—we Read More
Alfonso Du Toit and Emily Martinez
Met: May 29, 2006
Engaged: Sept. 1, 2006
Projected Wedding Date: May 27, 2007
Alfonso Du Toit, a tanned, blond South African, was enjoying mojitos outside at Madiba in Fort Greene, where a friend was tending bar, when he noticed a striking, petite brunette sitting with friends at a Read More
Amanda Hankes and Damion Stodola
Met: Dec. 2003
Engaged: Dec. 10, 2006
Projected Wedding Date: Fall 2007
As a member of the New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet, Amanda Hankes never had much time for relationships. When her brother-in-law introduced her to dark, bearded Damion Stodola at a Christmas party, Ms. Hankes thought: No, Read More
Marc Ricks and Elisa Strauss
Met: April 4, 2005
Engaged: July 20, 2006
Projected Wedding Date: Oct. 6, 2007
How sweet it is! Elisa Strauss, the popular Upper West Side–based cake designer responsible for the elaborate pink-and-white confection at Kimora Lee Simmons’ 30th birthday, plans to marry Marc Ricks, chief of staff for Daniel Doctoroff, Read More
Charlie Asfour and Rebecca McFarland
Met: September 2005
Engaged: Dec. 27, 2006
Projected Wedding Date: June 2008
When Rebecca McFarland first glimpsed dark-haired Charlie Asfour at Crobar in Chelsea, her immediate impression was that—dimples and athletic building notwithstanding—he resembled Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. “He was very attractive, but very … sad, almost,” Ms. Farland Read More
Peter Meehan and Hannah Clark
Met: 1987
Engaged: June 14, 2006
Projected Wedding Date: May 2007
Peter Meehan, the newish “$25 & Under” columnist for The New York Times’ Dining In, Dining Out section—and by the way, isn’t it time they adjusted that figure upward?—wasn’t the most obvious heir to Eric Asimov’s gastro-throne. “Growing up, Read More
David Cohen and Jessica Sheena
Met: December 2005
Engaged: Oct. 12, 2006
Projected Wedding Date: Nov. 24, 2007
David Cohen, 28, a product specialist at Black Rock, an investment firm, plans to marry Jessica Sheena, 25, the slender, brunette senior communications specialist for the clothing chain New York & Company, at the Puck Building, in Read More
Sarah Kay and Matthew Lacks
Met: May 19, 2004
Engaged: Oct. 14, 2006
Projected Wedding Date: Nov. 17, 2007
The week Sarah Kay began work as the director of community programs at the Upper West Side’s Jewish Community Center, she had just extricated herself from a relationship with a lawyer. “Three years is as long Read More
