Doug0007, 76

Romantic and Artistic World Traveler I'm a passionate, kind hearted and intelligent, romantic. I'm artistic and cultured, but my essence is about the simple values of love, family and friendship. I have travelled the world and want to see more of it. I enjoy cooking and would love to prepare candle lit dinners for us. I go to the symphony, jazz clubs & opera regularly, I've been known to be found dancing cheek to cheek or funk dancing. But, I enjoy just staying home and watching TV or listening to music or NPR or reading just as much as going out. I'm also financially secure.

I love going to the L.A. Music Center for Concerts & Opera. I've recently started going to lectures at JPL in Pasadena. I also love to cook, read, see movies, dance, listen to CDs and NPR. I like to work out and stay fit. Some might say I'm an incurable romantic. And with the right person I am very -------, too.

I want to have someone in my life who is passionate about her work and about the things she enjoys doing. Kindness, compassion, intelligence and chemistry are essentials, don't you think?

Among the greatest gifts my parents gave me was watching the true affection they had for each other. That is something that I am looking to have in a relationship.

I was brought up culturally Jewish, and I am very proud of my heritage. Though I am not religious. I respect religion when it does not say, "I'm better than you are."

Additionally you might want to know that I have spent my adult life as a music recording engineer in the recording, TV and movie industries, recording artists ranging from Mick Jagger to Randy Newman. I'm a business owner and an opera singer, too. I have travelled extensively in the U.S., Europe, Russia, Japan, Tahiti, Costa Rica and Mexico. I'm also a good cook. And I love dancing, too. I was married for 31 years.

I am looking for true love. Over time I would like to have the joy of getting to know someone who is my intellectual and emotional equal and for us to fall passionate