Many of the profiles that I've read have similar statements in this section: "I'm no good at self-summaries", "I can't be summed up in a couple of paragraphs", "I hate this part of writing a profile" et cetera et cetera. I totally agree! It's hard to describe oneself in this format but I'll give it a try. Here's a list of things I love to do and hopefully it will give you an indication of who I am and what I'm looking for in a date.

Things I love to do: Talk about current events over coffee at a café - I dig neighborhood joints where the waitstaff and clientele are laid-back and the coffee americano is robust; collaborate on creative projects (esp. theater); eat scrumptious food at low-key restaurants; go to Prospect park and hang; go to the theatre; get lost on New York City's mean streets with no specific destination in mind; long conversations that go round and round but somehow have a beginning, middle and an end.

I am easy-going, thoughtful, and creative

I'm a Hebrew school teacher - yes, I teach Sunday school - a Managing Director of a performance group, performer, director, producer, and beginner yogi!!

I'm really good at Scrabble/Words with Friends. (I dare you to challenge me to a game). I'm a sick baker!! My homemade breads, cream cheese pound cake, melting moments and brownies will blow your hair back. And my biscuits are killer!

My height. My shoe size - fourteen.

Often the first things people say when they meet me are: "Wow, you're tall!" or "Your feet are big!". It used to annoy me but I've learned to accept my large-ness.

Another Country by James Baldwin, Ain't I a Woman and Black Looks by bell hooks, Jazz by Toni Morrison, The Color Purple, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, A Raisin in the Sun, Seven Guitars or anything by August Wilson

Amadeus, Dangerous Liasions, Full Metal Jacket, Dog Day Afternoon, Speed, Do The Right Thing, The Times of Harvey Milk, Lord of the Rings Trilogy (esp. the extended versions), Almodóvar, Scorcese, Kubrick

Janet, Stevie Wonder, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Mary J., Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Brandy, Stereolab, Common, NaS, Jill Scott, Mariah, Erykah Badu, Rufus Wainwright, M.I.A., Underworld, The Roots, Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Lil' Kim, Ne-Yo, Sarah McLachlan, Jonatha Brooke & The Story

Falafel, mustard greens, tabouli, chatzilim, hummus, whole grain breads, yogurt, cheeses, peanut butter, whole wheat cereal, cupcakes, cookies, cupcakes!

Family, friends, music, wallet, phone, peanut butter. In that order.

Ethics. Theater. Religion. Sex. Politics. Art.

at a meeting discussing; producing a play/film, writing a play/film, directing a play/film, or acting in a play/film.

in some way observing Shabbat.

Par-Ty-Ing.

thinking too hard.

I have a prejudice that I just can't shake: gay Republicans make me want to hurl. Black Republicans too. And Black gay Republicans really piss me off! There I said it!

I'm a fairly open person. Ask a question and I'll probably answer.

If you love theatre, museums, live music, reading, politics, and lively discussions about anything in particular.