Mollie & James in Pacific Palisades, CA

Though James had signed up to teach in Japan for a year, he reconnected with high-school classmate Mollie before he left. While out with mutual friends at a comedy club one night, the two started falling in love. The Bride Mollie Marcus, 29, owner of an organizing service The Groom James Starr, 29, restauranteur The Date October 4 Four months later, James headed for Asia. Instead of staying for the whole stint, he returned four months into it, and he and Mollie took a 35-day cross-country road trip. They moved in together after that. Five years later, Mollie and James were vacationing in Costa Rica. Following a long day of hiking and relaxing by the hotel pool, they were getting ready for dinner. That’s when James asked Mollie if she’d be his wife.