Date men and women from United States / California / Monrovia, 64 year old

Date single man from California, United States. PLEASE DON'T CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE NO PHOTO or IF YOU LIVE GREATER THAN 100 MILES FROM ME.
WHAT'S THE POINT?
I am recently retired and on Two quests to define my life and future. The first is to discover the next enterprise that excites my passion, and the second, to find the destined and supreme companion with whom to share my life.
I am financially and emotionally secure, and these goals are beacons to my focus right now.
Basically, I am most attracted to funny (but NOT sarcastic), intelligent women, of quiet beauty, who are of slender to average build, close to me in age, and who share in my desire, for a “best friend/soul mate/got-each-others-back” relationship to develop.
I am not restrictive to racial, political or religious differences, but I do believe in God, and His wonders.
Please don't respond unless you can agree with how we meet.
To explain: Here's what works for me, in order to minimize frustrations and disappointments, and not waste time for either of us. I prefer to email each other initially with whatever "getting-to-know-each-other," questions we have to enhance our initial attraction. Then, let's just meet for coffee, for 30 minutes. I assure you that chemistry will surface (or not), within that time frame.
We can hold our opinions of our meeting, until later.
Neither of us has to disappoint or to feel bad nor do we have to invent an excuse to leave.
I've been told that the need to hear, "the voice," is important to some. For me, it’s what I sense from "her eyes."
Meeting, as I suggest, solves both preferences.
Why waste time with numerous emails, phone calls, chats, and etc, when we can sense all we need to know, by just having a 30 minute cup of conversation?
I have never heard of anyone being accosted, by meeting for 30 minutes, at Starbucks.
There is no need to exchange numbers, until there is "mutual chemistry."
If this doesn't work for you...I sincerely wish you a short-search elsewhere, but I have faith that “my dream girl,” won’t find this a problem.

Meet a woman from California, United States. I was widowed after over 40 years in a good marriage. I don't know if I am interested in dating, but it would be nice to have a friend to do things with. I tend to be easy-going and take life one day at a time. I would not do well with a neat freak or an over-planner - a flexible agenda is fine. I do not like to control, or be controlled.
I think I am a good listener, and I care about the feelings of others. I might offer suggestions, but I think most of us have to figure out our own problems in our own way. I like to be treated in the same way I treat others.
I tend to NOT rush into things, especially relationships. I take commitments seriously, and it has to feel right to me, or I am not interested.
I have a close relationship with my late husbands family, but have no siblings, parents or children of my own. My immediate family consists of my two dogs, one of which is the pack leader, although I keep trying to convince her that it should be me.
I am retired and have an income that allows my lifestyle to be comfortable, but not extravagant. I am contented with what I have. I am not a big spender, and not a shopper. A day at the mall would be torture for me, but I don't mind looking around at Home Depot or Target.
My life is pretty casual and I am usually dressed in jeans and T-shirts. I can dress up if I have to, and occasionally I do.
I prefer warm weather to cold, although the desert in summer is a bit too hot for me now. I find the climate in Southern California is just about right. I prefer the mountains to the ocean, although the Central Coast area is very appealing. I can be very contented in my own backyard.

Date men and women from California, United States. I am grateful for the opportunities I have had to travel. I am hoping to attract someone to enjoy the rest of my life with around friends and family and quiet times. I loved being a mother and a wife.
I do not like this single life. My children live in California and I want to get back there. I plan to come to California in few weeks to see my kids and grandkids. I love to have parties and go to parties. I am a social butterfly. I have many longtime friends that mean the world to me. I preferr to be around positive people . Life is too short. I am passionate about giving back.