What did you want to be when you grew up?

Since I was a child I wanted to be James Bond. I wanted to wear an expensive suit and travel the world doing something different and exciting every film. I wanted to defeat the villain without breaking a sweat and swagger off the set with a beautiful woman on my arm. So there I was, 8 years old and running around Reston, Virginia in my Sunday school outfit, clip-on bowtie, and toy gun. The little girls in the neighborhood took turns being the femme fatale heroine and we always had a blast being chased out of garages, off of roofs, and out from behind Mr. Tracy’s backyard which is where the villain always hid his lair, because it was the only backyard on our block with a bamboo forest!

I’ve grown up a little bit since then, but still love to dress up, still love to have adventures in exotic places, still love to defeat the villain, and still love to end the scene with a lovely lady in my arms. In my scene, however, you are not at risk of being killed in order to hurt me (‘cause I’m a grizzly, strong, ninja with kick-ass gun skills, right?), and you’re invited back to be the co-star in the sequel.

But what makes the femme fatale? It is sexy eyes and plump lips? Maybe it’s hair that blows just so in the wind? How about huge breasts, long legs, and a tight ass? Well, I won't turn those things down, but really the ideal leading lady is more about adventure. Spontaneous, graceful, and able to have fun getting her hands dirty!

While some of the best adventures really do happen in exotic, foreign locations, sometimes it is best to start in a more laid back setting a lot closer to home.

- Are you comfortable spending an afternoon lazily sipping coffee, chatting, and solving Sudoku puzzles at the bistro one day, and the next buried in sawdust and grease in the workshop?

- How about spending one sunset at the Botanical Garden’s Japanese Park taking twilight photos, and the next throwing spaghetti noodles across the kitchen at each other while pretending to make dinner together?

- Feel up to spending half an hour chatting religion and philosophy with father Santiago and Rev. O’Reilly after church before heading to the pub and listening to Earl and Sam one-upping each others T&A and testosterone stories?

Life really isn’t so bad if you’re the main character, is it?