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Photo by Jerry Khemraj
Photo by Emily Long
Photo by Frank Paulino @wowgreatphoto Photo courtesy of Kristine Paulino
Photo by Lissett Izquierdo Photos courtesy of Maryanne Fraser & Kevin Dalton Photo by Roberto Conception @robertoconception
Maryanne Fraser and
Kevin Dalton
Sunnyside resident Maryanne Fraser
got the best present ever when she
met her boyfriend, Kevin Dalton, while
celebrating her birthday at the Courtyard
Ale House in April 2018.
“When I first met Mary, I was a little
thrown off,” Dalton said. “I never expected
to meet someone so interesting
at my local bar where I usually just
watched sports.”
Fraser moved from College Point to
Sunnyside in 2011, and Dalton was
raised in the neighborhood. Their first
date was spent eating panna cotta and
enjoying some red wine at Zio Luigi.
“We were both very nervous, hoping
that we said the right things and
didn’t mess up the date,” Fraser said.
“As the date went on, we became comfortable
with each other, laughing and
exchanging stories over a bottle of
red wine. The date went amazing and
sharing the experience together made
a favorite restaurant even better and
created a love for panna cotta.”
Some of the couple’s fondest memories
come from strolling through Astoria
and LIC on warm summer nights.
FAVORITE LOCAL DATE SPOTS:
SOLELUNA
ALCOVE
COTE SOLEIL
ZIO LUIGI
THE COURTYARD ALE HOUSE
Photo by Alix of A Perfect Match Photography
Kristine
and Frank Paulino
Who knew Woodside resident Kristine
Paulino would instantly fall for the stranger
who approached her at the LIC YMCA,
and would later be her husband and the
father of her two boys.
“My immediate thought when I saw him
was he is exactly what I am looking for:
tall, tanned and toned; and then I found
out he was super confident aka cocky
when he approached me at the gym. He
basically called me out for being loud
and talking too much with a friend of
mine … that definitely caught my attention,”
Kristine said.
Kristine and her husband, Frank Paulino,
wedded in 2012 in the Dominican Republic
and were living in Sunnyside until their
first son turned 1 in 2015. Frank lived in
Sunnyside for just over 21 years.
“The diversity of culture and cuisine, the
accessibility to pretty much everything
within walking distance and the neighborhood
(especially Sunnyside Gardens
and Skillman Avenue) is an oasis to live
in, especially when working in the city,”
Kristine said.
The couple and their family attend
Church of Angels in Sunnyside, where
both of their sons were baptized, and
Frank donates his time as a photographer
for Sunnyside Gardens Park’s events.
FAVORITE LOCAL DATE SPOTS:
CLARET WINE BAR
ALCOVE
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