I'm Eric. Grew up in CT. School in New Hampshire. Now living in NYC.

I love living here and I'd like to meet someone to explore the city with.

Right now enjoying New York with my friends, working in commodities structuring, and trying to figure out what's next.

not taking things too seriously. Being sous-chef (chopping things mostly, opening jars and wine bottles) but occasionally I'll step up and cook the whole meal. Mooching off of other peoples plans for a day or a weekend (always up to do stuff, need to get better at being the organizer).

I actually have no idea. I have pretty big ear lobes, but I don't really think that would be the first thing someone would notice.

Books: Catch 22, Bonfire of the Vanities, Brave New World, LOTR, Babbitt

Movies: Top 2 would be Lord of the Rings and Dark Knight. I like a lot of movies - just none of them are really standing out.

Shows: Daily Show, Colbert Report, Parks and Rec, Entourage, Bored to Death (RIP), Curb, Dexter

Music: A range of things from Jazz to House

Food: Nearly everything (see below) and especially berries.

Family (kinda boring but true)
Friends (ditto)
Passport (traveling outside the US is essential, in my humble opinion)
Hot Sauce (any, all)
Laughing (It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend it)
NYC (every time I leave I realize how much I love this place)

Food. I'm big on trying new restaurants and checking out the nyc greenmarkets. I'm pretty sure I like all kinds of food with the exception of Thai (mostly because I'm allergic to peanuts and I always assume I'm about to eat some at a Thai place, and also lemongrass doesn't really do it for me). A few of my favorites: Parm (and Torrisi), Motorino, Cafe Habana, Shake Shack, Upstate, brunch at Cafe Orlin or Maialino.

Out with friends - a bar or two most likely. Or if it's been a really long week I'll go for a few after-work drinks, followed by sitting on the couch, eating motorino, and then falling asleep during a movie.

one of my dream vacations is a global tour of ruins (think machu picchu, petra, angkor wat, indiana jones, lara croft, etc).

You want to...I think that's how this is supposed to work.