Roanna & Michael in Roslyn, NY

Michael and Roanna met through a mutual friend. But unlike most set-ups by friends, this friend wasn't trying too hard to push the two together. In fact, when they first met at a birthday party, she told Michael that Roanna wouldn’t be interested in him! It wasn’t until two months later that Michael asked out Roanna. The Bride Roanna Trisdorfer, 29, child psychiatry and pediatric resident The Groom Michael Kessler, 30, orthopedic surgery resident The Date September 21 They went to see Aida at the Met a week later and were a couple after that. A year-and-a-half into their relationship, the couple took a weekend trip to Paris. While they were sitting in an alcove beside the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge across the Seine, Michael got up on one knee and asked Roanna to be his travel partner for the rest of their lives. After a year-and-a-half engagement, the couple married at a historic manor.