It was love at second sight. Amy Benkoske and Steve Kisielica met for the first time through a mutual friend. But it wasn't until they bumped into each other at a Halloween party (while Steve was on a date with a different woman) that Steve realized whom he should have been with.
THE BRIDE
Amy Benkoske, 28, a gallery owner
THE GROOM
Steve Kisielica, 33, a senior vice president of development
THE DATE
December 14
Steve called a few days after that second meeting, and the relationship took off from there. About one year afterward, Amy found herself being proposed to over dinner a week before Christmas. They married one year -- minus a day -- later. Amy and Steve live in Chicago but have spent so much time in Vail (they have a condo in the Valley where they celebrated many holidays with family) that they couldn't imagine getting married anywhere else. They enlisted the help of a Colorado wedding consultant to help with the long-distance planning.
-- Joanna Saltz