I've been an actor in New York City (the 80's) and Los Angeles (the 90's), and a TV news anchor/reporter in Chattanooga, TN (after graduating from University of Florida) and again in the lovely Upstate New York hamlet of Elmira (first half of this decade). I grew up in beautiful downtown Linden, New Jersey in the heart of the Northeast Industrial Belt (you may have heard of our wonderfully expansive Exxon Petrolium plant), but moved to South Florida when I was 9 (with my parents). I left Florida after college and am coming full circle now 30 years later by moving back to the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area (dad died...lookin' out for ma), where I'm happily acting and auditioning once again.

I don't miss the winters of Upstate New York, but I do miss the quiet of small town Elmira. Things like no traffic, parking spaces close to where you're going, and no lines at the bank or post office. Of course the flip side is I ran out of things to do there after like two weeks, so I had to drive hours to New York City for fun.

I know it's fiction and might not actually work in real life, but I like what they did in Neil Simon's "Chapter Two." A man and woman in their 30's/40's talked on the phone several times, liked each other, and decided to meet for a "look." After 5 minutes, either one could say they didn't think it would work out and the other would not be offended and they would part company amicably. Of course in "Chapter Two," they meet and after 5 minutes both say something like "No, I'm good" and go on to have a great date and fall in love.

As is the case with Neil Simon, there are plenty of laughs to go around on that first date, and for myself, humor would be essential to an initial meeting with a woman, be it at a coffee shop, bookstore, restaurant, bar, lovely outdoor plaza area or walkway, beachside cafe, or any other venue that would make my date and I feel the most comfortable and at ease.

Female
younger than 50
Must not be married