Like a marriage counselor, they unite couples who once vacationed separately or joined bike tours reluctantly.
In every episode of the show, a docudrama, the hosts try to unite couples who have interacted online or via telephone but have never met in person.
Over all, although today was mainly a day of joyful celebration for uniting couples, the broader picture in this pastoral state remains one of unusual turmoil -- particularly turmoil centered on November's elections and the effect the civil unions issue will have on them.
But better than that, Drosselmeyer's victory united a couple of New Yorkers in the winner's circle.
With the afternoon shadows growing long, Ms. Miller, a divorce lawyer deputized by the State of California as a marriage commissioner, officially united the couple in marriage.
In fact, their immigration to New York City is what united the couple, as Joseph was from Dublin, Ireland, while Bridget was from Sligo.
His Concert for Bangladesh aid project had then united the couple, according to their friend Chris O'Dell, who recalls Harrison as "attentive and affectionate" towards Boyd while planning the concerts that summer.
It also needs someone who can unite a couple of very disparate groups".
The story doubles as a survey of the current state of the adoption process in the U.S., a process that alternately unites the couple and threatens to tear them apart, and their journey yields contemplation on the nature of motherhood itself.
Over time this ritual has been adapted to include pretty, colorful, store-bought sand, and has also been used to not just unite the couple but to represent the blending of families.
