One of the pleasures of the week is having a leisurely dinner or weekend breakfast. What's even better is being able to have someone with whom to discuss a concert, movie, book, or just the issues of the day.

My mind is curious, open--if skeptical--and active. To complement that, I'm hoping for someone who's well-read and as interested as I am in books, music, art, architecture, and travel. I'm also looking for someone who enjoys listening to intriguing music from the classical (including opera and modern), jazz, blues, rock, folk, and old-time country realms. I've been enjoying some "world" and experimental music, too. Being visually-oriented, I'm drawn to women who have a sense of style and a reasonably trim physique.

I'm not so good at cookery and languages, so anything beyond English (for traveling) or a talent surpassing mine in the kitchen would be great.

Books: Borges, Bukowski, Robertson Davies, Donne, Fuentes, Jeffers, Kinnell, Larkin, Milosz, Mistral, Nabokov, Naipaul, Szymborska, Updike, and Whitman, for starters.

Movies: Tend toward the off-beat such as The Illusionist (2010, not the earlier title) or Cave of Forgotten Dreams with the occasional foray to Hollywoodland. Victor Erice's film El Sur (1983) still haunts me.

Shows: "Shows"? You mean TV? Not very much. Some news and PBS documentaries on nature, science, current events. Occasionally one of their dramas.

Music: Jazz (all kinds), Classical (old & new, including opera), Blues, Folk, "World", and some old Country & Western.

Food: All kinds. When I travel I seek out local places, domestic or foreign.