Date men and women from United States / California / Palo Alto, 71 year old

Date a man from California, United States. Born and raised near NYC, I came to California for grad school. My first position took me back to NYC, but, hooked on the beauty and culture of the Bay Area, I returned and have lived and worked here since 1979. I've been blessed with wonderful students and superb colleagues, major reasons why I remain enthusiastic about my work.
Western European cultures and languages, especially those of France, Italy, Germany, and Spain, have enriched my life. Travel to those countries is a treat that never fails to delight and inspire. For a change, in 2008 I visited India. It was a eye-opening experience that made me want to return. I prefer 19th-century classical music and opera, but also enjoy fado, flamenco, and jazz, e.g., Monk, Miles, the MJQ, Horace Silver, and Gerald Clayton. Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Wagner, Mahler, "Lucia," "Tosca," "Der Rosenkavalier," "Die Fledermaus," and "The Ring" are my favorite composers and operas. A trip to NYC, Paris, Rome, or Madrid feels incomplete without visiting their great museums, soaking in the cityscape, and interacting with locals about everyday life. Great architecture appeals to me, not just aesthetically, but because of the convivial public spaces some buildings afford. I read widely, slowly but with pleasure, mostly on subjects not directly related to my work. I work out several times a week, bike between home and work, and explore SF on weekends, visiting friends, going to farmers' markets, attending concerts, visiting museums, walking from Fort Mason to the Golden Gate, exploring neighborhoods and small shops, and enjoying congenial cafes and ethnic restaurants. The ocean, light, fresh air, open spaces, and animals are important to me. I strive to live each day well; to look, listen, smell, and touch attentively, be open-minded and positive, engage in lively conversation, and help others.
I seek to connect with an intelligent, sensitive, fit, and affectionate woman of rich sensibility who loves the arts deeply, cherishes the little things of everyday life, and has a sense of humor, good taste, and a cosmopolitan outlook. With such a woman, I would like to build a fulfilling future.

Meet men and women from California, United States. Hi, nice lady, whoever, wherever you are
Match claims and statements tend to be "standard”.
Hopefully this can be a little different.
I seek someone to talk with
Maybe rob banks with.
Possibly bring about regime changes in nations of the world, here and there? (At one point, I felt, ours first, here, under the previous president)
Help the World (really)
Well, some goals are not realistic although we can wish ill on many bankers and governments.
So we could chat about anything of mutual interest: Weather. Science. Medicine. Economics. Politics. Seizing control of US mainstream media and installing our own puppet US government (After all, it's become the American way) But not football.
Basically how the world works and who makes it work. (Or too often, makes it fail).
I work on the science of renewable energy and climate change (for USA and India recently). It’s enjoyable and play in a way, but has been intense. I would like to relax more. Hang out. Walk around some interesting places with good company, for instance yours. Follow TV documentaries, local lectures, current US foreign policy (or lack and incoherence of US foreign policy), the international press of all persuasions, and delusional presidential press conferences that happened under GW Bush. These are extremely interesting, and we can laugh (or lament).
With reality as it is, who needs soap operas?
I read the Atlantic, Smithsonian, Newsweek, NY Times and science magazines. Mostly scanning for things most interesting to me. I ponder such things as the possible collapse of the US dollar and economy. I ponder our self-inflicted diminution of US role and helpfulness to other peoples of the world. And our lack of response to foreseeable problems.
Random thoughts: Can I cuddle with you in a crisis? Or rob a bank of its ill-gotten gains with your help? What will we do if world oil production starts to fall off soon (can our or we elderly indigent go live in our SUV’s? Possibly lying next to one another for warmth?)
I read detective stories.
I generally house several visiting scholars, recently coming from Russia, Brazil, China India and Germany. They give refreshing perspective from outside the USA on our native USA tribes (including political tribes) .
I would like to enlarge my social group-by adding you if we're the right match That's partly for talking about anything and everything that might suit us both to discuss. Optionally, adding your friends. Optionally, bringing in mine too. We could enjoy good TV documentaries, current events and local talks. Good food.
Or sightsee with you. Travel the Silicon Valley to marvel at the corporate palaces of the billionares. Or drive the beautiful Owens Valley in California or scenic roads in the US or Mexico. Or Asian train trips? My economy class train trip from Beijing, thru outer Mongolia and Siberia to Moscow-is an example. (I really did that). In 2010 I took an astronomy tour into the Arctic ocean 300 miles above the Arctic Circle to see the Aurora Borealis
Or have your companionship going to a conference on garbage disposal as related to climate. I got my intelligent cousin (my age) to go with me by asking her if she would like to eat for free. She could eat at the expense of people who wanted to sell her garbage trucks. She came along though she only ate and never bought a garbage truck.
Or have your company on something as simple as Amtrak's round trip from the Bay area to Reno, with a cheap stay overnight. And watch other people gamble (I lose my $20, quit, then watch everyone else--it's fun) Learn about other cultures and behaviors, in or outside the US. Things are pretty much open in terms of your background.
As for other things, who knows? Enough said

Date a soulmate from California, United States. I am continuously fascinated by new discoveries in science, in areas like astronomy and biology, physics and the mind (including neurology). I am kind of "out of the box in terms of professional activities. I have recently studied collection of methane gas to get renewable energy from garbage dumps in Mumbai and New Delhi India in two trips during 2010 (N.B. I'm ethnically European [mongrel, see below] and not Indian).
I just took a cheap "Northern Lights" astronomy tour to 300 miles above the Arctic circle north of Norway.
Want a two-week date? I'd have loved to have company of the right lady if you'd like (after talking it over with me). You might then take a chance on a astronomy oriented cruise into the Arctic. And the Trans Siberian Railroad was a real blast. I'd have enjpyed the right lady's company on that too Except we have to keep our weight down to sleep on the Russian train bunks which do not accomodate larger people.
My friends (male and female) include many ex-peace-corps volunteers. I tend to like such people and to have them as friends. Their willingness to help others inspires me. I have worked with an Iranian for 20 years. On a technical project in India he was moved by compassion to adopt 10 Indian orphaned kids. It has cost him $1 per day per kid. A woman I know who was in the Peace Corps in Guatemala maintains her ties to Guatemala and has gone back and forth to her Indian Village "home" about 40 times. Such interests would be nice, though not essential in a match.

Meet people from California, United States. Trim and fit east coast transplant 28 years ago and hoping to become a native. I am self employed and love my work, work outs, family time, parties, free time,gardening, travel and so much more. People are extremely important to me and I get energy from them and give it in return, in business and personally.I am pretty much a morning person, upbeat and optimistic.I would love to have someone who wants to share my life with me. I tend to be pretty independent, but I think there is plenty of room for someone special. A sense of humor would be wonderful. Someone who doesn't take life too seriously and is still quite curious to find out what is around the next corner. It would be great if he is very comfortable in his own skin, loves people and is interested in a long term relationship.