I have a constant desire to travel. Instead of evaluating paychecks in terms of what obnoxiously expensive shoes I can buy, I think of them in terms of plane tickets and adventures. In the past, I have called Sierra Leone, Cambodia, London, New York, and Rhode Island my home. I've also jet setted to Brazil, Egypt, Morocco, Zimbabwe, and throughout Southeast Asia and Europe. I've done lots of cool stuff ranging from gorilla trekking to dancing the night away at the Heart of Darkness (Phnom Penh's most notorious night club) to rock climbing in Halong Bay to white water rafting down the Nile. I also had a brief stint as a journalist/travel writer. More about me: I'm a big fan of milk chocolate, nights out dancing, karaoke, trivia nights, sailing, theater, and baseball (my team wears pinstripes). I am a big foodie and love cooking, hosting dinner parties, and trying new restaurants. I make killer Italian, American, and French food, and also dabble in some yummy Indian, Middle Eastern, and Southern cuisine. I can also drink my tequila shots with the best of them.

I work for an international development organization and just moved to DC four months ago. Will you be my DC tour guide?

- Bargaining at local markets
- Cooking
- Writing
- Staying up past my bedtime
- Karaoke (best place to go in DC?)

My smile or my blue eyes.

Books: In the Country of Men, Room, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, But Beautiful, Ancestor Stones, Jane Austen, and the His Dark Materials series

Movies: Billy Elliott, Little Miss Sunshine, Wall-E, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Artist, American History X, Hunger, Milk, Roman Holiday, Gone with the Wind, Field of Dreams, Newsies, Old school Disney.

TV: Arrested Development (netflix 2013!) Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Parks and Rec, Friday Night Lights

Music: Bon Iver, Ray Lamontagne, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Lykke Li, Starting to get into NOLA style Jazz.

Food: Chocolate, berries, pomegranate, mac n cheese (has to be made just the way I like it), pasta, friend chicken from Willie Mae's Scotch House, 'Shroom burger from Shake Shack.

Chocolate
summer dresses
Friends
My ipod/iphone
My passport
A cozy bed

Who stole my birthday cake in 2010. Seriously. Who steals someone's birthday cake??

Out with friends: dinner, drinks, and hopefully some dancing.

I am a closet online dater.

You are someone I can be silly with and you have a sense of adventure. You are funny, intelligent, caring, and passionate. You are confident and spontaneous. Also, you will let me cook for you all the time!

Don't message me if: you have a selfie of your torso in front of a mirror.