Open-minded, warm,and affectionate are words that best describe me.

I would love to find a partner for laughter and connection. I am youthful and energetic, with black hair, dark brown eyes, a warm smile, a tender touch, a good sense of humor and an appreciation for how absurd life can be when it is taken too seriously (that's where the sense of humor helps).

I consider eating in a new wonderful restaurant one of life's true pleasures. My favorite thing is staying in bed on Sunday mornings, drinking coffee, and reading the NY Times from cover to cover, but it's definitely more fun when that special someone asks me to pass the Arts and Leisure section!. I am a movie buff and rarely miss one in the theaters. I also enjoy live music, dancing to blues, theater and opera.

I'm considered to be optimistic, upbeat, fun, a good listener, good dancer and a loyal friend.

I want to love one man for the rest of my life, live with him , travel with him , be his best friend and only love. He would be my love , my companion and my dearest friend.

I love the magic of the small things that are so big. I am looking for a conscious, committed relationship with a kindred spirit.

I'm interested in those who are honest, open and generous in body, mind and spirit. Someone with a kind heart, articulate, with wit and intelligence, someone slow to anger and quick to laugh. Make me laugh... Im yours

Be sure to include a photo ! And at the very least, a short email.

I am a woman who values mutual respect, honesty, openness, loyalty, connection, chemistry, affection, LAUGHTER and fun.

If you want a relationship, (but don't need one,) and still believe in the power and magic of being truly, madly, deeply in love, we will likely see eye to eye.

Now that my lovely daughter is in college and on her way I would relocate for the right man

a drink and/or dinner

for fun:
Leelanau Peninsula, gardening, Lake Michigan beaches, walks by the ocean, N. California coast. Casual dinner parties with friends, lively conversation, dancing to the blues, driving trips, holding hands at the movies,European travel, physical affection

favorite things:
Opera, Sanders Hot Fudge Cream Puffs, Bays English Muffins, Six Feet Under, Sex in the City, Rescue Me, sexy shoes, dancing, holding hands, living/laughing out loud;" love me to the bone" kind of love, deep and enduring friendship

last read:
Good fiction . Shadows of the Wind, Bel Canto- a beautiful story of politics, hostages, opera and unlikely romance! 1000 White Women, Loving Frank and Home design magazines and try to get through the NYT arts and leisure section on Sunday

favorite hot spots:
Music festivals, good restaurants; blues bars, Capital Grill, Arts Bar, Rowe Inn. Northern Michigan, BIG SUR , San Francisco, Sierra Mtns, Northern Italy, South of France, Greek Islands, Caribbean, Paris, driving trips Lake Michigan, New York City