My interests run from the profound to the profane. I can be serious, bookish and civil or knock down a few drinks at the karaoke bar while putting on a spirited (if not talented) performance. Raised on 60's, 70's rock n' roll, lately I've become an avid fan of jazz funk. I also listen to blues, jazz, and "world" music. Love food & the NY restaurant scene, in all of its diversity. I will try, with varying degrees of success, to re-create a memorable restaurant dish at home. While I'm not disciplined enough to resist sinfully great tasting food, I try to eat in a healthful & sustainable way in the spirit of my current food guru authors, Michael Pollan and Mark Bittman.

I'm eternally curious and enjoy a partner who brings something new into my world. What have you got? Let's see if I can handle it.

When I'm not frittering my life away on the Internet, I'm trying to enjoy the many layers of NYC life.

Finding the bar that makes the best version of my date's favorite drink.

I don't know, I'm too busy looking at what's noticeable about them.

Books: "Omnivore's Dilemma" (Pollan), "My Life as a Man" (Roth), "The World is Flat" (Friedman).
Movie: "Cadillac Records", "Food Inc", "Julie & Julia"
Food: Anything with Nutella on it, most everything else.
Music: Soulive, Lettuce, Sam Kininger band, Galactic, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Derek Trucks Band, Ten Years After, Stones, Maceo Parker, Herbie Hancock, Grant Green, Otis Spann, Albert King, Billie Holiday, Aretha, Otis Redding, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Ramones, Patti Smith, Joan Jett, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones

iPod, computer, a sense of humor, a bottle of EVOO, a corkscrew and my air guitar.

why Obama would possibly want this job.

Behaving atypically.

In OK Cupid comparisons, I keep coming up as " more mathematically inclined." Wow, if that's not the kiss of death.

any of this makes sense to you.