Short version: What do I want?! I don't want to date forever! just one good guy who I click with, have fun & good conversation with! Cook yummy meals together, do fun outdoors stuff, go for bike rides, take a drive up the coast, do some traveling, share fun times with our friends, have weekend barbecues and dinner parties. We make a fun team, good friends, we enjoy hanging out together :) I'd like to meet someone who knows what they want and what they're ready for, as I do. Someone stable, mature personality (but knows how to have fun and enjoy life!), someone confident, fair, logical and still inquisitive about life. Someone humble, at least to some degree. Humility, after all, is the final achievement. None of us are perfect. The key is finding someone you like, you enjoy spending time with, and are both willing to put some effort into getting along and not taking things so seriously. Life is short! Let's enjoy it!

Long version:
Me ~ outgoing, grounded, logical, creative, passionate, fun, feisty, considerate. I've learned to appreciate good people, avoid drama, enjoy the moment you're in. I appreciate people for their smarts, being goodhearted, thinking outside the box, a willingness to take chances in life, optimistic attitudes, and preferring an active and productive life rather than being a couch potato on a gorgeous day.

I love the outdoors and an active life style ~ bicycling, road trips, softball, Seadoo'ing, poolside lunches, live music, eclectic and inspiring art shows, food festivals, stair climbing, gym, hiking. I'd like to get out there and ride some quads (plenty of room and nothing for me to crash into my first few times, ha ha :). At home I think it's fun to stay in and cook up a nice meal together, play board games, work on projects together :) I’d get more satisfaction painting and retiling the house than paying someone else to do it. Ideally, I'd love to meet my best friend who shares similar interests and lifestyle :)


My travel wish-list includes Japan, Australia, French Polynesia, Montreal (where my family are from), and visiting Cuba before Western commercialism moves in; Greece and the pyramids of Egypt are a must! I'd also like to see more of the fabric and culture of our own country. I’d love to take a long road trip across the states, I want to see the beautiful and strange rock formations of Utah (Bryce Canyon), the Great Lakes, and more of the south (I prefer warmer sultry climate).

As far as chemistry goes, when people say "chemistry", do they mean instant visual attraction?! That seems so rudimentary and shallow. For me attraction is more than looks, it's personality, what we like about each other, and most important - how easily we communicate. I don't think it's possible to learn all that within 2 hours of meeting someone, or even at the end of a first or 2nd date. You might be halfway attracted to someone's looks or personality, and mistakenly think halfway means "no chemistry", but as you get to know them on a 2nd or 3rd date, their personality can hit a home-run, making them 10x more attractive! When you first met one of your lifelong friends, did you know right off the bat how awesome they were and how much you'd click?! Did you select them as a lifelong friend based on their looks? Hopefully not! Getting along well means you can talk easily, laugh, inspire each other, be excited in life together, look forward to things. Isn't that what good friends do? I'm attracted to a confident personality, a man with opinions is important to me, has ideas, can make a plan, takes control of the situation when need be, and is communicative :)

L.A. can be a tough town for dating! People seem to be mostly single-minded here, or hold off getting past "dating" because they think they might miss out by staying single or the grass is greener on the other side. I think if people took the time to get to know each other (and to know themselves!) the divorce rate would be significantly lower and relationships would be healthier. I do prefer a healthy monogamous relationship rather than long term single :)

To everyone out there shy or hesitant to reach out to people here and in life's path... It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. true true :)

An ideal first date would include the chance to talk, laugh, get to know each other :)

These might be fun at some point:
~Sushi; A bite to eat; Ice cream on a warm day :)
~A fun live band at a smaller venue where you can still talk and hear each other :)
~Bowling for some good laughs :)
~Comedy show