1. Hobbies: Some of my hobbies are Yoga, Farmer's Market, raw foods potlucks, Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk classes, walks on the beach, running my "on the side" organic clothing business.

2. Goals/aspirations: I've been in the City Planning field for 10 years, but I aspire to find myself in a loving relationship that involves the possibility of children. I'd love to be a full time mom someday soonish, like within the next few years.

3. About myself and how I'm unique: I'm a pretty compassionate person, and I became a vegetarian at 13 years old as a result. I really value health, practice an organic raw foods diet, yoga, go walking on the beach, try to get some sun and/or a long soak in the bath as often as I can. I really prefer a non-toxic physical environment too, my surroundings are wood, glass, and natural fibers as much as possible, I generally reject plastic and chemicals as much as possible. I like to make organic raw food dishes. I love a relationship that has laughter and outdoor adventures as themes.

4. Your taste in music: My taste in music is nothing spectacular... I like positive, relaxing, inspiring, folk music or depressing quiet ballady stuff (yep, sometimes! :) ). Some of my favorites right now are Mirah (While We Have the Sun), Enya, Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie (Soul Meets Body), and Bob Seiger.

I guess I like to keep it simple for a first meeting - just a quick tea or walk on the beach maybe to save time. Seems like the first few minutes of meeting someone is all you need to know if it's worthwhile to spend more time together on an actual date. I prefer just to jump in and meet someone, skip the back and forth emailing and phone calls if at all possible, I'm a kind of person who just likes to get things done and I'm happy to just meet people. For a date... I guess traditionally going out to dinner is nice, but there's not really anywhere that I like to dine here in Santa Barbara much... maybe Spiritland Bistro. Going on a hike, to a lecture, to Farmer's Market, something like that could be fun. Later on in a relationship, I really enjoy trips to Los Angeles where there's great raw foods restaurants, or trips north, working on projects together like making recipes or gardening together.