Anna & Chris in Kealakekua, HI

Anna and Chris got to know each other years ago while both were living in Manhattan. While attending New York University, Anna applied for a job as a hostess at a restaurant that Chris owned. They first met not long after she started working there. “It was quite possibly love at first sight,” Anna says. The Bride Anna Lane, 28, stand-up comic, actress, and writer The Groom Chris Heyman, 41, restaurateur The Date August 6 Anna planned a trip to Honolulu for Chris’ 40th birthday -- he had always wanted to eat at a particular restaurant there. The night before his birthday, the couple were sitting on the patio outside their hotel suite when Chris presented Anna with a gift -- an antique yellow-diamond engagement ring -- and asked her to marry him. “Of course I said yes!” Anna recalls. “Chris still says it was the best 40th birthday present!”