Native New Yorker who loves Rome almost as much, big fan of cooking magazines, NPR, color. I love cities, travel, art (well not all art, only the art that I love), conversation, the bon mot, the sly reference, and people who make me laugh. Currently planning a trip to Madrid, Seville, and Granada--totally psyched to see the Alhambra.
Update as of January: Madrid is worth it for the Velazquezs alone, and Seville....Seville is astonishing. You should go.

I am vivid, virtual (for now), and verbal.

I am not a fan of instant messages as an opening gambit. And, oh yeah... I'm not looking to date married men. I didn't think that needed to be said, but apparently it does...

Hoping my agent can manage to sell my novel. Hoping I can manage to write another one. Teaching incredibly smart college students how to write as smart as they actually are. Wondering if shortsighted trustees will actually manage my institution into the ground. Taking analogue photographs. What else? Yoga and a smattering of tai chi and swing dance, reading the NY Times, eating ethnic food, walking and biking around NYC. And I find myself on the subway a fair bit. The wonders of our fair city still make me marvel. I should spend more time improving my Italian. Spent a month last summer in China, teaching, which was fascinating.

Standing on my head;
jaywalking;
reading subway maps;
being a guest (helpful, fun, patient, don't get in the way);
making salad and coffee, not together;
remembering what people tell me.

Smile;
That I'm funny;
How fast I talk;
Maybe my eyes?
My colorful stockings.

Authors: Laurie Colwin, Joan Didion, Philip Roth with many caveats. Can't believe how good Moby Dick turned out to be.

Music: Leonard Cohen, Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Fabrizio De Andre, Dolly Parton (an underrated song writing genius...) Not sure if she's a favorite, but I've been liking Neko Case lately. That Magnetic Fields Song Papa was a Rodeo.

Movies: Nashville, other Robert Altman, lots of other stuff I can't think of. Night of the Shooting Stars/La Notte di San Lorenzo.

Food: Yes! Ethnic, Italian (Always happy to eat at Lupa or go to queens for Thai or Chinese food).

Lip Salve
Moka Stovetop coffeemaker
Oxford Comma and the semicolon
Laptop
Yoga
Red peppers
Old friends
Possibility

How relieved I am that Obama won;
what's for dinner;
the absolute best place to stand on the subway platform for maximum exiting efficiency;
my students;
why people like Trader Joes;
my next novel.

Not typical by a long shot, but I recently found myself in synagogue for the first time in roughly ever. And I kind of liked it. Is this a trend? The Eight ball isn't sure and neither am I. When not in synagogue (ie, 51 weeks of the year), seeing a movie, hanging out with friends I've known forever, reading, eating something delicious.

I took music lessons for about a million years, but I don't quite sing on key.

if the spirit moves you, you read books, and you like to talk.