What to write ... well, this is me: I love classic movies and new classics. West-African dance class makes my heart pump and twisting myself into a pretzel makes my soul calm. I thinking kissing is truly wonderful, fantastic, exhilarating and amazing. I love to try out new recipes on friends and family and I love drinking the red wine called for in that new recipe. Finding a great author makes me happy and getting my passport stamped thrills me.

I am good and kind and 93% normal (the other 7% is what makes me interesting). I am a loyal and valued friend. I am passionate and intense and affectionate and loving. I like to smile and I love to laugh and I do so frequently. I acknowledge my flaws. I believe in commitment and fidelity and honesty and loyalty. I am financially secure, intellectually curious, and emotionally healthy. I am direct and honest and most days, quite sassy. I am blessed to have people I love who love me.

Most importantly, I am optimistic and believe in living every day. I am happy and have almost everything I could want EXCEPT a great guy to share it with ... I hope you are him!

living, working, laughing, trying to be happy every day!

being a good daughter, a good sister, a good aunt, a good friend, a good kisser, a good lover, a good partner

my joie de vivre!

Books: The Road, Cormac McCarthy; PlainSong, Kent Haruf; The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck; The Kite Runner; Khaled Hosseini; all (6) Jane Austen masterpieces

Movies: Fargo, The In-Laws, Moulin Rouge, The Usual Suspects, The End of the Affair, The Godfather, Stripes, Roman Holiday, Rocky, Love Actually, Its A Wonderful Life, Best in Show, The Princess Bride

Music: U2 (hello!), Black Eyed Peas, Nina Simone, Lucinda Williams, Frank Sinatra, ColdPlay, Lyle Lovett, Macy Gray, The Killers, Leonard Cohen, Evanescence, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Billie Holiday, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits

Food: italian, Corner Bistro burgers, TastiDeLite, anything delicious

TV: yup, I watch it! Dirty Jobs, The Closer, Project Runway, The Amazing Race, Rescue Me, Damages, Lost, plus the classics: Frasier, Seinfeld, Sex and the City

my passport, laughter, my family, sunshine, my home, watermelon ... oh, and naps!! I must have naps!!

why anyone would prefer vanilla over chocolate

I can't throw a ball to save my life ... really!

you are honest, hardworking, kind, compassionate, generous, intelligent. you like to smile, love to laugh and are fun to be with. you will kiss me passionately and hug me tight. you will treat me the way you want your mother, sister, daughter to be treated. you will be the man I like to talk with but am happy being quiet with.