Tara & Nick in Southampton, NY

Business mixed with pleasure for Tara and Nicholas. After two years of working together in Boston, the coworkers finally clicked at their office Christmas party. Tara moved to New York shortly after, but the two gave a relationship a try. The Bride Tara Verdi, 28, accountant The Groom Nicholas Vuono, 30, accountant The Date September 8 A year later, Tara was back in Boston and living with Nick. Over Memorial Day weekend, the couple went to Nick's family's place in Rhode Island for a cookout. Once most of the guests left, the couple headed to Narragansett Beach to get ice cream. As they strolled along the sand, cones in hand, Nick surprised Tara with a proposal and a ring. The Bostonians planned a wedding near Tara's Long Island hometown.