They met at a bar called the Bearded Lady located smack in the middle of their Brooklyn apartments. Ray's pickup line to Jackie was "How are their oysters?" even though she wasn't even eating any. Shortly after, he mentioned his first name was the same as her last name, and she thought to herself "Oh, this probably won't last past a few dates." However, conversation flowed as if they were old friends, and they wound up having many dates over oysters at the Bearded Lady and across the country after that.