Dive a little deeper, or stay in the shallow end. Either way you'll still get wet.
As wild and enchanting as the place I call home
My life has not been a straight line by any means. I did not spend my girlhood planning my wedding or playing house. I dreamed of travel, adventure, and independence (I may have wanted to be a marine biologist, so I could swim with the manatees in the Amazon, but also wanted to be a hardened private eye). There are a lot of aspects of our culture's expectations that have never made sense, so I have carved my own path, and gathered my fellow weirdos and libertines to me along the way. Perhaps you crave the same.
Your co-conspirator in adventure
I approach new relationships with a sense of collaboration and creativity. I crave an intellectual connection as much as a physical one. My vortex-opening conversation skills are legendary. Hold on tight, or you will get lost in the void! I'm not your therapist, your muse, or the answer to all your problems. I am however, a very good time. I'm interested in who you are--the ways we're alike, the ways we're different. I'm funny! Of all the gin joints in all the towns, you walked into mine, and that alone gives you a story to tell. In a lot of ways I did become the scientist and detective I dreamed of being when I was young--I'm curious and dogged about what's present. Existence is a hell of a mystery, and I'll forever be on the case.
Tastes and proclivities
I like my appointments set in stone, but once we're together, you'll find me to be a very spontaneous and easy-going date. I prefer loose itineraries. I have a phd in rest and relaxation; but I do want to be on time for that class, dinner reservation, and showtime. I'm more reticent about travel these days, due to the pandemic, as well as environmental and cultural impact, so let's be intentional and make the best damn travel plans anyone has ever put together. I love casually exploring cities, wandering into cafes, museums, and art galleries, stumbling across street performers, falling into conversation with a stranger in the park.
I'm more comfortable and settled in my skin these days with my 30's in the rear-view mirror. However, you'll find me quite youthful in personality and visage. Is it the ADHD, or is it the Peter Pan complex? Give me a pack of sour patch kids and let me wax ecstatic about homoeroticism in Point Break as I wrap my superhero thighs around you; it's all foreplay to me. I laugh easily and often.
I'm a well-balanced hedonist. I've dabbled in kink and BDSM (I'd describe myself as a nurturing top), but I'm much more driven by the chemistry and the energy we create together, whether that be dark and intense, light and joyful, or everything in between. Basically, if you're more interested in fixating on your kink or fetish, or have a menu of acts to be performed, then we're not a good fit. If there's something you want to explore and we have a stellar connection, I'm game. You'll find me more open, playful, and dynamic the longer we know each other and the more our trust builds.
Stats
HOME BASE
Portland, Oregon--travel ready
EDUCATION
B.A. from one of those small West Coast liberal arts colleges, A.A. in apparel design
AGE
40ish, or as I like to say--elder millennial
HEIGHT
5'7"
LINGERIE SIZE
34G (34F UK) bra/Large bottoms
SHOE SIZE
US 8/EUR 39
TATTOOS/PIERCING
Clean slate; buy me my first tattoo?
VIBE
70s playboy centerfold, suave, Rubenesque tomboy with muscles, vintage clothes paired with modern politics
Favorite Things
CUISUINE
all world cuisines that pack a punch in regards to flavor, texture, and heat (gluten free, because I'm cursed with celiacs).
PORTLAND DINING
Ox, Andina, Murata, Pambiche, Eem
COFFEE
Medium roast Columbians, cold ferments, moka pot devotee, always with cream and honey
PERFET WEEKEND
A drive to the coast with 90's jams, sunset on the beach, crab boil dinner, sauna and cold plunge, netflix and chill, a slow morning of coffee and toast over our current reads
WORKING UP A SWEAT
Besides everyone's favorite? weight lifting, cycling, yoga, saunas, and beaches
HOBBIES
Making clothes, cooking, reading, foraging, writing, hunting for vintage clothes, copious amounts of TV and film
OUTINGS
Live music, theater, movies, farm-to-table dining, karaoke, boat rides, beach days, classes, lectures, readings
GIFTS
Vintage vinyl, my first tattoo, Mikko donuts, cinnamon roll or maple bar from New Cascadia, indoor plants, seasonal coffee beans, king salmon, grass fed steak, gift cards from Bolt Fabric, Powell's, Sephora, Doe Bay, Bamboo Sushi, Harlowe and Fox, or anything from my wishlist
Media Consumption
PODCASTS
Maintenance Phase, You're Wrong About, You are Good, Behind the Bastards, Death Panel, We're not so Different
FILMS
The Long Goodbye, Indiscreet, Queen Margot, Moonstruck, I am Love, Call me by your Name, Tampopo, Passing, Before Sunrise, Grosse Point Blank, Wayne's World
SHOWS
Brassic, Letterkenney, Mad Men, Station Eleven, Twin Peaks, Evil, True Blood, Deep Space Nine, What we do in the Shadows, The Magicians, Marple
BOOKS
City of Girls, The Scapegoat, The Overstory, The Master Butcher's Singing Club, Perfume; the Story of a Murderer, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, A Marvelous Light, Fledgling
ALBUMS
This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, Tusk, Horses, O, Keep it like a Secret, channel ORANGE, Mother Juno, In through the out Door, Hey What, Asa Breed, Aretha Franklin Sings the Blues