A stolen glance at the bar, the feel of fingertips grazing my lower back, whispered intimacies exchanged between you and I, champagne bubbles effervescing on your tongue…all of these are sensations I find myself anticipating before a first encounter. I live for excitement and the thrill of the new, yet treasure the familiarity that builds between two people with a shared connection. Perhaps you too long for someone with whom you can be yourself around, someone who makes you feel at ease while prompting a sense of excitement I am easy to talk to and relaxing to be around, with a never ending thirst for knowledge, be it of the kind learned in universities or gained through lived experience. My classroom is the excitement of the city: Broadway or a night at Lincoln Center; Michelin-starred sanctuaries or Lower East Side cocktail haunts. My small-town roots keep me grounded and motivate me to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle, pampering my all-natural body. I prefer spending time with gentlemen looking for a genuine connection. To quote William James, “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep…