Date men and women from United States / California / Woodland Hills, 69 year old

Date a soulmate from California, United States. Consider myself a person of character. My actions follow my conscience, rarely impulsive.Just a nice guy, healthy and active., from the "old school", always conduct myself as a gentleman and will treat you like lady., young at heart looking for a lady with the same values. Cycle at the gym 3- 5x's week, golf for fun, still operate a business.My friends consider me helpful and generous, considerate of others. Have an optimistic view of human nature, are are generally liked by others. Believe that most people are honest, decent and trustworthy. Have a wide variety of interest, like to try new activities, visit new places, and try new foods.May appear to some as unconventional, appreciate diversity, am not threatened by other religious or politcal views.
Family is very important, all of my adult children live within a 30 minute radius, we visit and have family dinners regularly, I think this stems from relocating (3) times with ("job transfers") when the kids were young. We had to depend on each other for companionship
My doors are open to all people and beliefs. If you do not have a family, I will share mine. If you have a family, you all are welcome with open arms.
Many years ago, worked for a Japanese company based in US. Traveled extensively in US, fortunate to spend 3 months in Japan with my family. My adult children still talk about this experience 35 years later. Developed a belief in Karma, " what goes around comes around", "
Love to play in the kitchen. Adore Giada De Laurentiis, my favorite chef, more beatiful in person than on TV, her laugh is contagious, has fantastic recepies, easy to prepare, reminds me of the fantasic Italian resturants in Chicago,
Golf, nothing serious, just for fun...have new custom clubs.. some still have the plastic on them.

Meet people from California, United States. The profile headline describes me. I am extremely bright, have a marvelous sense of humor, and am grateful for every breath i take. This visit here is such a gift that to do anything else but celebrate it would be a waste of the real beauty of things. I believe in magic. I believe in love. And honesty. And grand passion. I am looking for the whole enchilada....and maybe, just maybe, a chili relleno chaser. In many ways I hate this way of meeting people.
I don’t know why this medium is ultimately so disappointing. Possibly because we are all damaged to some extent and mask that damage in our profiles. Possibly because we are geared toward laundry lists of activities rather than being open to real human contact. Possibly because, like children, we still set our expectations outside the realm of reality. Whatever the reason, it’s a shame. But this place is a perfect haven for the mendacious.
Here’s what I know about myself: I am 16 years sober and as straight and true as any arrow. I’m solid and funny and sensitive and I have learned how to give without thought of return. And I don’t want someone in my life who loves and does the things I do. I would much rather partner with someone who loves me and the things that she does. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. Today is a blessing. And I thank God for every breath I take.
Addendum: I am a traveller and an avid concert goer and sports fan....travel all over the country to see major league baseball, college and pro football and hockey....in short, I will travel anywhere that excites me...am available....generous....love to laugh.....work hard....and share every day how grateful I am to be alive and sober....
I am looking for someone gorgeous inside and out....alive, vibrant...and not afraid to express herself in a relationship....someone packing serious heat....a little like Philip Marlowe might have eyed across a darkened 40's night club....or Hitchcock would have used Jimmy Stewart to rescue....or mother would have been intimidated by... someone willing to risk everything to get everything...someone to read cummings with/to..."While you and i have lips and voices which are for kissing and to sing with, who cares if some oneeyed son of a b**ch invents an instrument to measure Spring with?"....viva sweet love
Added 9/9/08:
Look for a moment, let’s get real here. We’re not in junior high school, the beautiful princess did not get rescued by prince charming, there’s a good deal of wear on the transmission, and, no matter how you cut it with your Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, we all have doubts about what’s coming. We’re closer to the terminal than we are to the point of embarkation, and we’re alone, in the one way we wish we were not alone, or we wouldn’t be here. So what’s with the romantic, school-girlish gushing about the love of my life and the bucket list of the things and places we must do together to be a couple?
Do I believe in magic? Absolutely. But I do acknowledge the magic today is not of the amped up, enough electricity to light Las Vegas variety but of a fundamentally human and spiritual connection that manifests itself in glances, smiles and little loving actions that serve as daily validation of the wonderfulness of our lives. Something that begins in the eyes and lives in the soul.
Please do not begrudge me my physical preferences in a female companion or mate. I am a man and by nature visual. I prefer slender women. And, as Wallace Steven so eloquently noted, “happens to like is just one of the ways things happen to fall.”
I don’t care about your politics, your religion, how many children you have, what your educational background is, or your income level. What I want to know is can you and I create a bond that is emotionally, physically and spiritually defining for each and both of us.
And have a terrific time doing it.