Julie & Randy in Aspen, CO

Spontaneous is definitely the word for Julie Anne Zacha and Randy Brodsky. On their first date, they’d planned on cocktails but hopped on Randy’s Harley and hit a James Taylor concert at Red Rocks instead. “It was an amazing show and an electric connection for us,” remembers Julie. The Bride Julie Anne Zacha, 27, architect The Groom Randy Brodsky, 36, business owner The Date June 18 The couple went out to Aspen the next weekend and then spent the next three weeks together when Randy (who’s now 36 and a business owner) asked Julie to move in with him. Less than a year later, he proposed on a hot-air balloon ride! Clearly, a by-the-book wedding wasn’t in the cards.