Couple danced into romance
James Casamassa fell in love with the woman who would become his wife before she even said “Hello” to him.
Category: Love Story
Pair took jury pool plunge
Michael and Teresamarie Siciliano are two peas in a pod. For one thing, neither of them tried to get out of jury duty when they were called to serve nine years ago.
After slow start, couple waltzed into happiness
Laura Cofran knew what she was looking for when she placed a personal ad in her local newspaper. She wanted a tall man with a great body who loved children as much as dancing. So when her future husband Jeff called, she broke the ice by asking him, “What is your suit size, waist and inseam?”
Kids were couple’s Cupid
Dawn and Tim Szczur have their kids to thank for their marriage. When Dawn’s daughter Abbi and Tim’s son Dave met on the Internet three years ago, they bonded almost immediately as friends. After about 1 1/2 years of corresponding, they talked their parents into meeting face to face.
Old flame never went out
It was unusual for Terry Steczo to go out for lunch. He usually grabbed a sandwich from the snack shop in his office building and went back to eat at his desk. But on this day 2 1/2 years ago, he took his secretary’s advice to step out for a change of pace. On his way back from lunch, Terry noticed a sign in a window announcing that Kitty Loewy from WCKG-FM (105.9) would be doing a live remote broadcast from there the next day.
A long-term proposal
It was Christmas 1942 when Edward Yaras proposed to Marie. He got down on bended knee and asked for her hand in marriage . . . in her closet.
Fancying friend, he finds love
The night Mike Ostrowski met Carol Robinson, he was busy flirting with her young blond friend.
Step by step, relationship blossoms
Maia Wilkins used to daydream about what her wedding would be like. She would be wearing a beautiful gown, standing next to her ballet dancer groom. They would be flanked by dancers, who would scoop her up and gently toss her in the air down the aisle.
Love struck when she wasn’t looking
Tom Cashman had three strikes against him when he was trying to impress his future wife, Annette. “He had the same first name as a guy who had recently dumped me,” says Annette. “He was 100 pounds overweight. And my counselor had recommended that I not date anyone for a while.
Little did they know love was world away
Bob Goldsmith and Maia Radnev will be husband and wife in a couple of months. A year ago, they were strangers, living 5,300 miles apart.
Miles haven’t gotten in the way of love
Becky Kratt doesn’t know it yet, but her boyfriend is going to make one of her dreams come true.
A pawn shop joke turns into lifetime
Marriage was the last thing on either Michael or Susan Antman’s mind when tey wandered into a pawn shop in 1987. They were just looking for a diversion fom an extremely hot office.
Picture perfect pair
Holly Gilson didn’t think twice when her boyfriend asked if she had quarters. She figured they needed them for the parking meters by the Lounge Ax, where they were headed.
Childhood pair still in gear
It was the summer of 1942, and Don Klemp–then 14–was mad at the world. An orphan who was shuttled from one foster home to another, he always had his guard up.
He gave a sign of his affection on the slopes
This Thanksgiving, Ryan Ebens and Oana Agape celebrated the anniversary of their first date by vacationing in Aspen, Colo. He woke her up one morning and insisted that they get an early start skiing.
A blueprint for love
Claudia Skylar and James Mastro never went out on your typical date. Colleagues at the same architecture firm about 20 years ago, they would take their sandwiches to the lunch room and discuss order and chaos in the universe.
Love still afloat after first cruise
Back in 1977, Pat Ranallo was psyched. He was 23 and about to take a cruise to the West Indies. He and his friend thought they would bask in the sun, meet some women and enjoy their vacation.
Rock ‘n’ romance: W. Coast tour couldn’t upstage their wedding
It’s one thing watching a guy play bass on stage. It’s another thing seeing him walk toward you in a club. So when Caroline Ansani saw Ted – the man who would become her husband – venturing toward her, she busted a move.
Great result for reluctant club visitor
Just one look was all it took.
Elynne Chaplik Aleskow was dancing at a club when she noticed a man shyly peering at her. Richard Aleskow, who had caught sight of her on his way out, couldn’t stop staring.
Their work eats up most of their time
These days – after 31 years of marriage – Jean and Doris Banchet communicate to each other in English. But when they met in England in the early 1960s, there was a considerable language barrier.