My least favourite part - making selections from all the category lists has already put me in a box! What can I say? I'm a wonderful cook, a great friend, fiercely (but not stupidly) loyal to those I love. If birth order matters, I'm the youngest of 5. I keep pretty kosher and am observant but am far from an inveterate rule follower.

I read a LOT - always murder mysteries (think British police procedural, in general - Peter Robinson, Ian Rankin, et al), always theology, lately Jewish history. There are those who would say that I have too many bookshelves, but I'm not at all sure that's possible. Love reading newspapers and catch a lot online - am interesting in what responders to the mainstream have to say.

I really enjoy live theatre and music and wish I did more of it, but it's not nearly as much fun on your own as it is with someone else! I go to a lot of movies, some mainstream, some not, and have a great capacity to be entertained by someone else's work.

Fun for me could be any number of things - having people over for dinner and sitting around the table for hours afterwards just talking and laughing; long drives on summer afternoons; checking out the galleries in town; sitting around playing Scrabble or Trivial Pursuit.

Have been divorced much longer than the life of the marriage , and have long since divested myself of any baggage I carried about that. Things I miss about marriage - waking up beside someone; bouncing ideas off a partner; spoiling each other; really dumb inside jokes that NOBODY else could get; charming and being charmed...

Hates - only one. Housework. Can't stand it. I DO it, but I don't LIKE it! I just like the finished effect.

I enjoy travelling but like it best when I travel with someone else. It's nice to share the experience. Last 'big' trip was to Israel and can't wait to go back. In Canada, I prefer Montreal, though I don't know it that well. Across the border, New York's a lot of fun.

And if there's more you want to know, you'll just have to ask me!

Funny, High Energy, Intelligent, Loyal, Optimistic, Outgoing, Sarcastic, Witty

Art Appreciation, Concerts, Cooking/Baking, Hanging out with friends, Intimate Conversation, Movies, Museums, Music Listening, Newspapers, Reading, Surfing the Web

Cycling, Jogging/Running, Photography, Theater, Travel

Cat, Dog

Cat

Alternative/Modern Rock, Classic Rock, Classical, Jazz, Klezmer

Ethiopian, Indian, Italian, Japanese/Sushi, Mexican, Thai

English

My mirror image? No, no, that'd be too easy. A nice, smart guy. You may have been married, may have children, but please DON'T have too much unwieldy baggage!

It would be great if you share my interests... and if you want to share yours with me. You can cook? Excellent! (Especially if you know how to barbecue - while I enjoy it, I confess to being somewhat intimidated by barbecues. I think I'm afraid of being involved in that freak accident where the propane tank blows up while I'm flipping the fish...)

You should definitely have a great sense of humour - I generally do, and though I sometimes tend to sarcasm, I am never deliberately unkind.

If your idea of an excellent Sunday is to spend the morning lazing around with bagels and coffee and doing the killer crossword together, we'll get along just fine.

If I could choose everything I wanted, you would also be fairly observant (not every Shabbat, necessarily, but more than just High Holidays) and kosher. And if you're not kosher, it shouldn't be an issue for you if I am!

One of the absolutely most important things is smoking - please don't. It killed my mother, and I just don't think I could watch someone else die from it.

This is like a shopping list... and I don't make shopping lists, so it's kind of difficult!