I like puppies, bubble baths by candlelight, long walks on the beach, sunsets – no really!
I like to travel [I know you all like to travel] – but I spent 6 months in Australia, lived a year in Ireland, been to China, Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong, all over Mexico & the Caribbean, and all 49 states [Alaska, not yet], and some other places. Next trip – Machu Pichu, Ankor Wat, Rwanda, Ikea, Bandon Dunes, or some other interesting destination. Or maybe a B&B on the Oregon Coast, or even the Hill Country. I like places that have the buzz of past [or maybe future] humanity – Stonehenge, Sedona, Ten Sleep, the Museo Anthropologico de Ciudad Mexico, anyplace with a Diego Rivera mural [but especially Maxmillian’s Palace], and this little dry gulch on a tributary of the North Platte River almost in South Dakota.

I like being 200 miles offshore in an eighty foot sailboat, SCUBA diving at night, cheeseburgers and mashed potatoes. Contentment and peace come to me when connected with Nature and in touch with my place in the Cosmos. I like to golf and read; go to movies, dance, and lectures; eat [in or out], cook [mostly in], draw, work [architecture really isn’t work for me], sleep, hike, travel [you probably got that], and have long interesting conversation with intelligent people. I like an occasional good [sometimes contraband] cigar while drinking good [but always legal] Bourbon on the golf course with the “guys.”

I’m a planner – yet I flew to Australia for 6 months with just a backpack, and no place to stay that night. I’m an Architect – which is highly technical, but still creative and artistic. I think Golf is a great metaphor for life – but I’m a pretty lousy golfer. I’m very spiritual, but not very religious. I’m romantic – but I don’t like Valentine’s Day. My Daughter is my greatest joy, and I have many women friends - but I still don’t get the whole shopping for shoes thing! Did I mention that I spent most my life in California? I’m tolerant, open-minded and love cultural differences. I believe in liberal education [actually education of any sort], I believe in equality as a starting point – and meritocracy as the best social model. I believe in personal responsibility – and giving a hand to the less fortunate. I believe in Crash Davis and all the things he believes in.

I'm an architect, and I design big buildings. I wanted to be an architect when I was 10, and I don't consider it work. So, as far as that goes I'm doing what I love best.
I'm trying to improve my golf game [probably a losing battle] but the pusuit is still enjoyable.
I try to travel often, 'cause other cultures interest me and give me better insight in our own culture.
And finally, I'm still trying to find the best cheeseburger in Dallas.

See above.

Smart, funny and irreverent.

Books on my bedside table right now are [non-fiction] physics, construction, golf, travel, and cottages; and [fiction] mysteries, sci-fi, and historical fiction. I like to read!
Movies: Favorites include Bull Durham; Last of the Mochicans; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon; American Beauty. I like most Sci-fi, Action flicks, I'll even do a romantic comedy [ie. When Harry Met Sally].
Music: Rock [most 70's & 80's], guitar music [Govi, Ottmar Liebert, etc...], classical, new age [Enya, Lorena McKinett, Chris Spheris, etc...], and female vocalists [Joni Mitchell, Sarah McLachlan, etc...].
Food: I may have mentioned cheesburgers.

My daughter, dogs, cheeseburgers, good design [of every sort], great adventure, and a life-partner to share them with.

My [our] place in the cosmos, better building design, and why can't the City fix the potholes.

There is no such thing as typical. I can go to the ballet, party, dinner w/ friends, quiet evening in front of the TV, art walk, museums, hit golf balls at the range, browsing a bookstore, or cheeseburger at the Angry Dog.

My motto [yes I have a motto – but I am not a dork] is “embrace the mystery.” Whatever you may read into that is probably true. Myers-Briggs thinks I’m border line E&P and off the chart N&T; and finally I’m seriously left-handed.

As Bruce Springsteen says, I’m looking for someone to “Cover Me.” I want a partner with whom to share both the ups and downs of life. I want an Annie Savoy to my Crash Davis. I need someone cursed with self-awareness, a sense of humor about who she is, and the good grace not to take any of it too seriously. All those things I like to do are much more enjoyable when shared. Hell, a sprained ankle is more fun with someone to lean on. I want to be both the leanee and the leanor in a lifelong relationship – and I want a partner who is also both. Other that that, all sizes & colors welcome. Like all guys, I find beautiful eyes and thin ankles a plus.