Cathy & Jim: A Modern Wedding in Brooklyn, NY

Cathy met Jim at a Fashion Week party at New York City hot spot Lotus the night of September 10, 2001. “I was dancing by the bar when I spun around,” says Cathy. That’s when she saw Jim walking toward her. The two exchanged numbers but didn’t make any plans since Jim was scheduled to fly to Toronto the next day for a film festival. The Bride Cathy Simpson, 40, legal assistant, actress The Groom Jim McNally, 38, co-owner of a phone distribution company The Date September 9 After the events of September 11, Cathy called Jim to make sure he was okay. The two arranged to meet for dinner at Santa Fe Grill, a Brooklyn Tex-Mex restaurant, and they clicked. Four years later on a typical weekend trip to Seaside Park, New Jersey, the couple was sitting by the bay watching the sunset when Jim got down on his knee and asked Cathy to marry him. She accepted, and the two began planning a colorful Brooklyn wedding held almost exactly five years after they’d met.