Hi!

I'm originally from Atlanta, but made my way out to Cali in the summer of 2011 and now regard SF as the promised land. However, I will always be a southerner. I miss the seasons and to an extent hearing diphthongs, (eg: Outdoors = Outdaawrs). Fun.

I'm fairly active - love biking in the country and running around Lake Merritt, as well as Redwood Regional in the Oakland hills. I also do a good bit of music composition and recording at home. Otherwise, long dinners are fun, stimulating conversation, wine, etc.

I like this;

“As I contemplate the blue of the sky … I abandon myself to it and plunge into this mystery, it ‘thinks itself within me,’ I am the sky itself as it is drawn together and unified, and as it begins to exist for itself; my consciousness is saturated with this limitless blue … ” (Merleau-Ponty, 1962).

Working and playing. I handle real estate transactions for a quality of life/land conservation organization headquartered in SF's financial district. However, most of my projects are located in Santa Barbara, the Mojave and LA, so I travel a bit to manage them.

Playing, writing and recording music at home.

Riding bikes to and fro.

Piano and miscellaneous keyboards, guitar
Communicating
Putting the toilet seat back down (grew up with two older sisters. I know the drill)
Sharing a bathroom (see above)
Finding the nearest wine bar
Homemade gnocchi and Neapolitan pizza
Negotiating for anything
Holding doors open
Laughing at myself

That I don't have a "southern" accent.

Favorite Music? both kinds - country and western!

I think my favorite title for an album is Prefuse 73's "Surrounded by Silence". It may seem contradictory to - as a musician - be inspired by silence, but for me the absence of music brings out my creativity, as I suspect it does for many musicians.

That said, here are a few bands I'm usually listening to at home: Alt-J, Andrew Bird, Avett Bros., Beach House, Beck, Blind Pilot, Bon Iver, Bonnie Prince Billy, Caribou, Cat Power, Caveman, Chuck Berry, Cut Copy, Depeche Mode, Elliott Smith, Fila Brazilia, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch, Great Lake Swimmers, Hauschka, Herbie Hancock, Hope for a Golden Summer, Howlin Wolf, Iron and Wine, Jose Gonzalez, Lesbian Afternoon, Little Dragon, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, Pavement, Phosphorescent, PJ Harvey, The Presets, Rachel's, Radiohead, The Sea and Cake, Sharon Van Etten, The Smiths, Smoke, Sonic Youth, Spoon, Tortoise, Tune Yards, Untied States, Washed Out, Wilco, The XX, Yo La Tengo.

creativity
people who are smarter than me
family/friends/yoga/alcohol
silence
massages
baseball

Not thinking
Music
My projects/planning/open space
Bikes

Still at work.

J/K

I met Richard Simmons when I was seven...

...when my mom was buying me chocolate chip cookies at the mall.

you have a good sense of humor, are active (biking is a plus, running, hiking, etc) and enjoy your own company. In other words, you're ok with being yourself, having fun and meeting someone new.