I am a sweet one (but not a pushover or doormat)! (And people say... not sure... but told look like Audrey Tautou but I am curvier - so if you like a stick surfboard shape woman you wont like me! )! I eat and love food ha , 5'4 , 125 lbs) I am sophisticated, cultured, refined and feminine but very down to earth and easy to be with. I'm laid back in personal life and when hanging out with someone. I have a creative side for sure and would say I'm a very visual person. Growing up mainly in Annapolis, Maryland, it is kind of in my blood to be a prep (but I'm very down to earth and real --just saying if you hate preppy-ish types you probably won't dig me-- also a former sorority girl here for those of you who tested to like that type ha !! -- although I do have some creative / bohemian / artsy-ish peppered in there.) I love to laugh, and am usually attracted to witty humor and someone very extroverted who has an expansive personality. I lived in the south for a number of yrs (for college) and then afterwards - the lure of the south - the food, the charm, the architecture, the people and intrigue....(love Savannah, Charleston, SC and Hilton Head. Part of my heart is in South Carolina! I also am a bit of a Francophile-- joie de vivre..., studied French and business in college and studied abroad in the Loire Valley of France at a French business university. So love to go to the French Institute for cool events etc...I am totally a romantic ;-) - love flowers (for no reason especially) poems, candles, cuddling, fireplaces, valentines day, good wine and delicious food - I am sensual ok?!!! Like long walks and I am absolutely a beach girl ( I am a cancer - the crab - we are meant to be in the water!! ) water totally relaxes me and I looooove it! Love swimming, sailing, would love to learn how to surf-- and love the beach (thus my profile photo is at the beach!!) the best beach I have been to is Turks and Caicos - amazing!!! I am pretty ladylike but do yell at the tv especially when the clemson tiger football games are on --- go tigers!!! ( hint, I went to clemson! I have a wardrobe of orange:)

I work for a creative global non profit in Tribeca -- love my job and growing my career. I volunteer and am a member of The New York City Junior League in my free time. You might see me out painting fences, pulling weeds or planting flowers in Ft Tryon Park in an orange t shirt (not because I committed a crime and that's my punishment- ha). I also help take care of my mom alot and like hanging out with my dog Sabrina (she's adorable and named after the Audrey Hepburn character!)

Giving compliments, making people feel good about themselves. I am caring and giving. giving fashion / style advice to friends. sleeping! Being self deprecating (a self deprecating sense of humor is always a turn on for me! I laugh at myself a lot! ;-) I am good at massages too - been told have magic fingers ;-)

my style/ clothes , that i am a sweetheart, eyes, smile

The Words, any Audrey Hepburn movies (esp. Breakfast at Tiffany's and Sabrina), Chocolat (huge Juliette Binoche fan), Like Water for Chocolate, Rent, Chicago, When Harry Met Sally, most Wes Anderson (Royal Tenenbaums) and Woody Allen movies (Vicky Cristina Barcelona). italian, mexican, japanese, and French food, love Balthazar, August in the village for Brunch, Fig and Olive (chocolate soufflé) and Bull & Bear (I know it's been around forever at the Waldorf but the steaks, food and service are amazing!), Thistle Hill in park slope for local. Most music except country, (from Sting to Sade to the Stones..) Art books are my favorite kind of books -- fave artists Cy Twombly, Klimt, Rothko and alot of interior designers and architects ( have a good collection - also design / style/ fashion / interiors books) also love the New Yorker cartoons! I could live in museums too - ( yup one time when I was little Howard Cosell was at the museum , I think it was the Met - well nobody was looking at him, everyone was watching me because I was obsessed with writing everything down about every single painting!!)
Love most cultural events especially dance- ballet, modern dance / Paul Taylor. Alvin Ailey, broadway plays, films, foreign films, architecture, interior design and on and on.... Also love yoga, Pilates, and dance class at my gym (i try to gym it 3 times / week ) and tennis (but haven't played in a while). Like going to most sports events (no boxing or nascar though ha!)

My dog, I phone, chocolate, my family, sunshine (the beach), shampoo, exercise!

How I am going to get on The Sartorialist, what I am going to eat,
fantasies About Nacho Figueras (hey he is HOT STUFF - and if you look like him message me) and wishing I was Nigella Lawson's BFF so I could become the domestic goddess chef she is and meet all her friends etc etc (she is sexy!)...seriously though I think about how I can improve myself intellectually, professionally, culturally, physically, spiritually etc. also I think about how I can help my mom a lot (she is not in a wheelchair but has some severe disabilities). I also do what I can and think about how I can help the NYC community.

Usually low key, not a super loud club person, prefer an intimate cool sexy speakeasy type place like Raines Law Room with awesome drinks and some privacy. (I wish I had part ownership of that place, it is so up my alley!)

I wouldn't say it on here! ok ok ok...The joke is that people have said I am like Charlotte in Sex in The City (for looks, personality...I guess the whole thing!!) ha! It makes me laugh and what the hell I think she's gorgeous. It's even become a nickname....now you know...

You like what I wrote and think we might click potentially past just a few dates. You are an awesome communicator, very verbal. You are compassionate, genuine, charming, classy and comfortable in your own skin -- manners are kind of a big deal to me! You can be intense but don't always have to be-- you can switch over easily and enjoy being light and fun alot of the time. You are kind, caring and ready to put someone else in your life first - and ready to work at this. You are a giver and your actions show it. You are ready to find your best friend and more for the next chapter in your life. You are really tight with your family -- it would be very cool if you come from a big family and they are close by :-). (My family is small..) You are expressive and very affectionate (yes pda is good with me ! ) I am looking for a permanent partner in crime I guess that could lead to something meaningful and long term ! ;-) Please believe in calling -- don't be a texter only type guy -- I like to talk to someone!!!! VERY IMPORTANT - LIVE IN MANHATTAN OR BROOKLYN Or very very close (I live in Park Slope). Everyone I have dated before has been in Manhattan, so I got my passport out and crossed the bridge for them. It would be very cool to meet someone who does not discriminate against Brooklynites and could also come cross the bridge with their passport to hang with me occasionally! (I'm worth it and BK is cool as hell! ;-) Please love dogs!!! Also be cool about age (I have dated younger and older, so I am fairly open as long as we are looking for the same thing, and have real connection/ chemistry. I feel like I am the most beautiful I ever have been and yes that is at 39!