Ari

NYU - Tisch Film, EBHS

University of Wisconsin - Madison, Attended 1991 - 1994, Class of 1994, Bachelor's Degree, History

magazine writer and editor

Coaches' Training Institute, International Coaching Federation

Eating, movies, politics, biking, travel, talking, hiking, kayaking, yoga, the NY Times, NPR, sneezing, theater, gardening, fleece (I suppose fleece isn't a hobby, but I love wearing it!), entertaining, therapy, cross-ventilation, karaoke, I love finding new restaurants (current faves: Miriam, Chestnut, Telepan, and the egg, bacon and cheese sandwich at Frankie's in Carroll G. - man, that's good!). I'm happiest when I'm in a really good food store.

The Velvet Rage, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Running with Scissors, Close to Shore, The Kid (Dan Savage), A Home at the End of the World, The Lovely Bones, The Great Gatsby, all Salinger, A Civil Action; do magazines count?

The Queen, Dreamgirls, Notes on a Scandal (G-d, I'm gay!). All Almodovar (though Volver wasn't his best), A History of Violence, The Ice Storm, Wet Hot American Summer, The Squid and the Whale, The Apartment, The Graduate, Heathers, Rear Window, Broadcast News (actually anything with Albert Brooks), Rushmore, old Jane Fonda films

Soul (Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Aretha, Alicia Keys) mellow/somber (Decemberists, Fleetwood Mac, U2, Jeff Buckley), 80s (Annie Lennox, Terence Trent D'Arby, The Smiths), Broadway (Sondheim!), cock rock (Journey, Heart, Billy Joel -- I did grow up in the suburbs...)

The Daily Show, Project Runway, Ugly Betty, The Barefoot Contessa, Big Love, Heroes, Weeds, Lucky Louie, I'm addicted to The New Adventures of Old Christine, Sex and the City, My So-Called Life, Once & Again, Roseanne, and Gimme a Break (don't ask)

Leo

I'm easy to be with, but it takes a while to really get to know me. Once you do, though - you do. A good talker, an even better listener. I'll go anywhere and do anything, but I'm totally happy making dinner and sharing a bottle of wine. Alternately earnest and sarcastic, driven and lazy, outgoing and shy.
Ultimately, I want to raise a family. I love my career and I love my life, but sometimes I can feel my inner Soccer Dad just yearning to break out.

A guy who knows himself, who's honest, real, happy, and articulate. Ideally, someone adventurous, who appreciates the outdoors.
This city can be all about going, doing, knowing, having -- and that's great -- as long as we recognize what really matters: respecting ourselves and those around us. And really good banana bread.