I tend to follow my stomach wherever it leads me. I lived in Thailand for a while and then Barcelona for a little over a year. I'm back in Philly now and love it.

I have pretty varied interests and like to stay busy while maintaining a well-balanced life. I love small live shows and sweating on the dance floor, but I'm equally as happy for a night in playing poker with friends or talking til sunrise over a bottle of wine/beer/whiskey. I like to stay in shape, though I'm a klutz so it might be a stretch to call me athletic. I definitely enjoy spending a good amount of time outside. Biking is my preferred way to get around the city.

I am perceptive, practical, and prone to distraction

I get to taste and talk about wine all day for a living, so life is good. Grad school might be on the horizon. I like to write when I can.

It's fun to think about opening a wine bar/coffee shop/lending library/travel agency something-or-other some day....in the mean time I'd like to fix our food system...

telling long-winded, rambling stories. making lists on post-its. identifying tertiary aromas in wine. being clumsy. finding time in my busy schedule for tv on the internet. sleeping anywhere. eating.

my blue eyes

books: anything by david sedaris, the poisonwood bible, middlesex, nerdy wine books, poetry by neruda, cummings, mary oliver...

movies: drive, jiro dreams of sushi, bridesmaids, before sunset/sunrise, waking life, eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, little miss sunshine, garden state, across the universe, the sandlot

shows (on dvd/netflix of course): parks and rec, 30 rock, arrested development, damages, louie, west wing, law and order svu...

music: polica, phantogram, the black keys, common, feist, mala rodriguez, chambao, vanessa da mata, marisa monte, john legend, gotan project, portishead, thievery corporation, rjd2, chairlift, radiohead...anything with a good beat

food: when i'm cooking i love me some one-pot-wonders...dining out i'll try pretty much anything...thai, vietnamese, indian are some favorites, as well as the classics

my passport
a decent red or white wine
kisses
a moleskin notebook
a nytimes crossword
my wine key

everything. i have a proclivity for over-analyzation...and perhaps making up words.

working, out with friends, or taking it easy

i think left-handedness is sexy.

you're female and think we'd click.

i'm not really sure that i'm looking to get into something at the moment, but i am always interested in making connections with fun, intelligent, like-minded people. in terms of what i look for in a partner, i tend to go for driven, well-rounded, independent women with a good sense of humor. interest in food and wine would definitely be a plus.