Museum admin.; editor

Working on projects and with people concerning my passions (art, history, architecture, travel, outdoor sports, world cuisine).

Listening
Diplomacy (working with difficult people, e.g.)
Observation
Seeing the bigger picture
Whipping something up to eat
Teamwork (what's needed in a long-term relationship)

my complexion; cooking; book design

Writers: James, Wharton, Flaubert, Martin Amis, Dickens, Faulkner, Paul Bowles, Gallant, S. Jackson, Spark, Highsmith, ...
Films: Vertigo, Chinatown, There Will Be Blood, Wizard of Oz, Breathless, Barry Lyndon, Rosemary's Baby, The Tree of Life, Five Easy Pieces, Shampoo, Lolita, Darling, Oliver Twist, Streetcar, Magnificent Ambersons; Jules and Jim, Greed, any film by Lynch, Altman, Losey, Rossellini, Welles, Ashby, Hitchcock, Lang, Ophuls, Ozu, japanese and Korean cinema, Truffaut, Fellini, silents, French New Wave, Fassbinder, Wertmuller, Pasolini, Ford, Lean, Vadim, Malle, Bertolucci...any film by or with Warren Beatty
Playwrights: Shakespeare, Chekhov, Williams, Moliere, Genet, Inge, Brecht,...
Music: adult alt., Oasis, REM, Portisead, M83, Wild Nothing, Bon Iver, Radiohead, Joni Mitchell, Madonna, L. Gaga, some pop, hip hop, electronic; Wagner, Mahler, Glass, Britten,French opera
TV: AbFab, MSNBC, TCM, Sundance, KillerKaraoke, Comedy Channel; Jeopardy; Project Runway; IFC Channel;Faux News

A dog
Books (digital or otherwise)
Ability to amuse myself
Dijon mustard
My trainer at Equinox
iPhone

my favorite places: France, Colorado, Vermont, San Francisco, Nantucket, Louisiana, Fiji, Italy, Greek islands, Barcelona, India, Bangladesh, South Korea

With friend or friends at home,at the movies, dining out, or at an Off-Broadway show (with lots of coffee)

I'm never nervous when I meet famous people. Even when I think I should be.

You wish to gain the benefits of friendship and more and possibly meet!