Date men from United States / California / Mill Valley, 55 year old

Date someone special from Mill Valley, United States. I am an interesting combination: I am very artistic, in that I design what I build, and I am physical in that I am happy to carry the beams and timber, do not mind sweating and working hard, yet I wear glove because I like my hands clean......I love to read for pleasure and work, (grew up without a TV) yet enjoy movies and the arts a lot. I gave up drinking a long time ago when I realized how much time was wasted with people I really did not care about, and I know that I am not a "man's man"; I prefer the company of a woman I care about a lot more than sitting with a bunch of guys watching football at a bar. I am comfortable with myself and the choices I have made. I am un-afraid of risk, even though I have know failure as well as sucess. I seek contentment...one of my favorite I Ching lines is ....contentment, is Eternal contentment enough....." I am definitely a monogamus type of man, I will not waste time with "playing", but I will not rush... I value people with high personal values, even if I do not agree with all of those values......and there is a lot more, including that I love to laugh and enjoy myself! I have lived iand worked in Japan for 3 years( work visa) and been to China twice and Thailand twice, England once and I want to travel across Europe someday......
She should be unusual, exotic, maybe unconventionally beautiful, with a strong sense of self, someone who understands that placing someone before yourself is more important to lasting happiness than short term satisfaction....she should want a man who wants to please her, and not think that that is a weakness, for I enjoy pleasing the woman I am with.....she should be able to enjoy her freedom in our relationship, not feel abandoned because of my work or hers...... and she must be intelligent, because I easily tire of fools, although I do not claim anything but average intelligence myself......

Meet a man from Mill Valley, United States. I live and work in Marin, in the financial industry. Proud father of three great adult children. I have traveled a bit in my life: southeast Asia (years ago), New Zealand, Mexico, the Caribbean and more recently Amsterdam, Paris, Antwerp, London. I've also seen much of the US. Enough travel to make me want more.
Regular workouts and competitive rowing keep me fit, though there is always more to do! I love local spots like the Buckeye Roadhouse, Bungalow 44, Bix, Sol Food, Joe's Taco Lounge and Tony's in North Beach.
Good movies, good books, crossword puzzles, red wine...all great. I like easy-going, unpretentious people who have some depth but don't take themselves too seriously. I work hard, value integrity and honesty, and admire those traits in others.
Learning to cook and striving to eat well.
I prefer warm to cold. I like the little things in life: going out to breakfast on a weekend morning, a drive up the coast and weekend getaways. I like to laugh, to go to trivia night with a group of friends, to break open some champagne...just because it feels right. I love music, need more of it. I like it all that much more with the right person.
Lots to do.