Matthew

French, Spanish, Russian

I am Ashkenazi. I moved to Palo Alto from Manhattan in 1989. I married my wife, but my wife passed away in 2006. I remain a widower, living alone with my two dogs. I am educated with many interests. I read history books, I am interested in the arts of the Italian Renaissance including the Baroque period: Music, Dance, Costume, Theatre design, palace gardens, painting, architecture, etc. Thus I enjoy travel, museums, etc. I used to cook, including French seafood, Chinese regional, subcontinental Indian cuisine, regional Mexican, Mediterainian, etc. but rarely cook now. I like to travel, but when I travel it is more like cultural anthropology, thus months of research as preparation. I am not the typical tourist, but also love natural beauty, parks, beaches, oceanographic centers, volcanic sites, etc. I am not limited to travel in Europe.I travel in time.

Leo

Fit

5' 10 (1.78 m)

Blue

Widowed

No

No

Wouldn't Even Think About It

Grey

Dog

No

No

Never

Stuffed Cabbage

University Degree

Retired

Education / Academic

Cook, senior (for my dogs)

Alone, With Pet(s)

All Is Calm

No

No

Reserved, Shy, Friendly

Dining, Reading, Arts & Crafts, Learning, Music, Movies, Theater, Travel, Cooking, Gardening

Staying At Home, The Movies, Sleeping, Reading A Book, Going To A Concert, Going To A Museum

Talk to each other, maybe meet at a museum. Object: find out who we are. My parents were divorced when I was young, unusual at that time and unusual among Jews. Thus my life was very different. Before divorce lived in suburbia and wealthy, after divorce poor financially, living in Manhattan. A mentally retarded younger sister made family life difficult, especially as my mother then was the only bread earner as a public school teacher. I had to learn to take care of myself in a chaotic family. For example, cooking for myself with little money. I have ALWAYS taken care of myself. I am amazed that many men can’t shop, cook, wash, read, etc, just vegetate watching sports or using drugs, etc. I focus on reading, when I travel to foreign countries I am more like a cultural anthropologist.

Not Religious

Never

Very Liberal

Leave a positive history.

Documentaries, I Don't Like Tv

Documentary, I Don't Like Movies

Classical, Blues, Latin, Folk

Ancient, Fiction, History, Philosophy, Political, Science, I'm An Author

Most of my interests are not choices on any site like this. As an example, I make a distinction between movies, I don’t watch trash, so avoid almost all films made in the USA. For example, I might read Camper (facial angle), used by people like Blumenbach, later by German racist Fascists such as Immanuel Kant. Sites like this don’t quite get the distinctions. I prefer Baroque music to Classical music, once again distinctions are ignored. Languages? Mathematical Linguistics, not Brazilian Portuguese, etc.

Wit, Sensitivity, Empathy, Great Skills, Good Looks, Thoughtfullness, Intelligence

I look for a person interested in the surrounding world, thus educated and empathic. Interests in the arts, languages, books, music, history, psychology dealing with family, etc., not pulp fiction or Readers Digest.

Friend, Intimate, Committed