Thoughtful, creative, zany...

I'd describe myself as very laid back. It takes quite a lot to unsettle me. I don't sweat the petty stuff. I am very creative and fairly numerically challenged!

I am adventurous and socially and ecologically aware having done nature volunteer projects in some particularly hostile places in the world. It takes quite a bit to scare me! I love nature and am quite sure I was a marine biologist (with a firm grip of maths) in a former life. As it is, I hark from the fashion industry but am by no meas flaky or precious. I spend more money on books than I do on anything hanging in my wardrobe!

Family is very important to me, mine is enormous (and decidedly odd... family trait if you will) and we're all very close, albeit spread out geographically (most often a very good thing).

I like to keep fit and look after my body so I try to work out 2-3 times a week on average and eat healthily. I used to swim pro so that's probably my exercise of choice but I like to play sport like tennis (note less of a rally and more self-defence at the moment but I'm having a crack at it) and softball too (brings out that competitive streak in me). I ruptured my ACL last year so I am frustratingly down to a bare minimum so far as what I can do until after surgery. Hard for someone as active as me. I'd like to meet someone who takes care of themselves also.

I have a very quirky sense of humour and love to make people laugh. I can be caustic, but there's no-one I laugh more at than at myself. always have some completely absurd, self-deprecating story to tell! I'm a magnet for unlikely and unforeseen circumstances but I wouldn't have it any other way. Would therefore like to meet someone who gives as good as they get and doesn't take themselves too seriously.

I love to go out - and have to for work - but like everyone, really enjoy a cosy night in with a DVD, a glass of wine and some good banter. I review restaurants, bars, live gigs (music is a passion), theatre and sport (ruby is another) for work so enjoy a huge variety of things out and about in the Big Smoke. Would love to meet someone who can keep up with a fast-paced social life punctuated by long lazy afternoons being decidedly MIA.

I love to travel and hope to do a lot more of it. I have yet to do the backpacking thing, which I'd love to one day. Not afraid of camping or slumming it, it's all part of the experience! Having said that, I love a great beach holiday in more comfortable surroundings too! Haven&039;t been on too many skiing trips... have an unfathomable (and ungraceful) skiing style - tend to stop only when stopped, have involuntarily become attached to more than one ski lift, am a tree-seeking missile on moguls and have had a fair few spectacular wipe-outs. But it's something I'd be willing to give another go (perhaps with full body armour... for everyone else on the piste). I'd quite like to try snowboarding someday. Just imagine the carnage... Basically I'd love to meet somone with a spirit of adventure, who'd be equally happy getting lost in the tiny cobbled streets of some picturesque village in Italy - Ravello is the most beautiful and romantic place I've visited - or watching a sunset on some deserted beach in Africa, or strapping a bag to their back and getting off the beaten track somewhere completely alien like Cambodia or Bolivia.

As a person I am confident, honest, kind and caring. The kind of person who'd do anything for her mates - with the excepion of Salsa dancing. That's just asking way too much . I have to confess that though I'm not a game player, I can be a reluctant first date to say the least, so persistence is a must! But once the ice is broken, I don't mess ppl around. I'd like to meet someone similarly straight down the line and honest. I can be a touch shy at first, but once I come out of my shell I'm wickedly sardonic, keen to have fun and guaranteed to keep you on your toes!

Family, friends, nature, sunshine, the ocean and a great book.

I love to be spontaneous and impulsive and go with the flow as it's in experiencing new and unexpected things that I've found the most inspiration.

My father. He is calm in the face of any storm be it on the professional or personal front. He is extremely generous to friends, family and charity but you would never know it as he would never mention it and doesn't want any accolades for himself. He doesn't think it's the point. He is a problem solver but always let's us make our own mistakes. Despite the fact that he travels so much, so often for work, the few times he is home, he makes time for his children.

I have three great passions: Writing, reading and cooking. I make sure I set aside time to indulge in all three. Especially the latter. I love that my flat is a place where friends drop in to chill-out, watch the rugby and have long, hilarious dinners.

A moderate role, as my parents are conservative and not very religious. I would like to observe my religion a little more within my own household one day.

Though my parents are not religious, my extended family is - in varying degrees - and I would like any children I had to grow up within the Jewish faith with a strong sense of family and community and a knowledge of our unique history.

He would be family-orientated and have a large group of loyal friends whom he'd do most anything for and who'd do the same for him. He'd be playful but caring, have a wicked sense of humour and be the life and the soul of the party but also be able to hold a well-informed conversation on serious issues. He'd be confident but not arrogant. Secure in his convictions but not stubborn. He'd be well-traveled with a desire to see more of the world. He'd be kind and generous to a faut and above all, not be a game player.

Perhaps we'd start out by meeting for drinks in a cosy pub or a nice bar - perhaps even his or my local - and then head on for dinner somewhere unique and full of character. I'd prefer an atmosphere-packed little Italian off the beaten track, rather than a swanky restaurant to begin with! Somewhere someone's put some thought into finding.

Honest, faithful, caring and passionate. Best friends as well as partners with unwavering mutual respect. Two people who bring out the best in each other, learn from one another but are both career driven and independent with separate friends and interests. A feeling of can't wait to be with the person but also an assurance that you both respect each others space.