Hi! I am a 53 year old professional woman looking for an extremely nice gentleman with integrity and high values who enjoys life as much as I do. I stay very busy with work, family and events as much as possible so am looking for one very special man who is open to melding his lifestyle with mine in order to enhance them both!

I love travel. My favorite travel destinations are Italy and also France, England and Spain. I try to get my passport stamped yearly.

I love small, authentic Italian and Thai restaurants; local,national and international food and wine events; and cooking and/or entertaining at my house.

I also enjoy relaxing dinners with my family and friends, great conversations, smiling as much as possible, church, rose gardening, relaxing in my spa, travel and experiencing other cultures, art, photography and interior design and visits w/ my 3 grandchildren.

My job requires business air travel which sometimes has its downside, but more often affords me a lot of flexibility since for the most part I am in charge of my own schedule. When not on the road, I work from home. I have a good work ethic, work hard and have a very full and good life so hope to meet someone ready to share goals and aspirations together.

My family immigrated to the US and I was the first of my family to be born here. Because of this, my background is very European in nature and I am very family-oriented. (Parents: England/Italy Grandparents: England/Spain/Italy)
I was raised Catholic and love to attend mass every Sunday with them.

Favorites: Huge bowls of pasta & sangiovese, cups of tea w/ frozen Twix, relaxing in a bubble bath, laughing & smiling, unconditional love, a great deal, watching my 6 year old grandson play competitive sports, catching up w/ family and friends...basically anything that enhances my life or the lives of those I love.

I don't play sports and as a single woman I obviously don't have ESPN or the Golf Channel on while I am alone at home. When at home, I walk every morning and sometimes do yoga, garden, clean the house, try to replicate a restaurant menu item that I had enjoyed so I can share it with others, get together with my kids and friends, relax in the pool or spa, have interesting conversations with 3,4 and 6 year olds while enjoying pizza!! I really do love watching loved ones play competitive sports and I also love having everyone over for grilling and game days. I could be see golfing in my future if I met someone who had that passion and would like me to join him sometimes, but that would entail buying a set of left handed clubs and taking some serious golf lessons!

I hope my profile gives you enough information to get an idea if your values, tastes, and relationship expectations might be compatible with mine...if so, and the spirit moves you...hopefully I will be hearing from you! (If you are on match or Catholic match I also have profiles on those sites that have some other pics and info).

A casual meeting at a local coffee shop is ideal to see if we would like to make further plans.