** Update! I am moving from Gvine TX to Noŕth Topsail Beach NC!** I can smell the shrimp boiling now! I am a successful chef, cookbook writer and project designer by trade and a somewhat classy, stand-up guy who appreciates the finer things in life. I know it sounds corny but I insist that "simple pleasures truly are the best"! I am looking for a lady with whom I can feel comfortable around and become good friends. Who knows what else may become of such modest beginnings. I enjoy just about any activity as long as the company is good. It really doesn't even have to be an activity at all, as I specialize in making "doing nothing" fun as well. I am a go-with-the-flow guy and I make a concious effort to get along with almost anyone. Armed with a good sense of humor, I believe we all can conquer anything. I can appreciate the best in people and accept their blemishes as a part of life and we all have them. I have been called handsome by even a couple sober people before! However, I still am not positive they were. LOL I am somewhat of a hopeless romantic that loves to pamper my partner and my friends. The true spices in life are the people around us. What we do with those opportunities results in whatever joy we get from each day! "The difference between a good cook and a great cook can be as simple as "Salt and Pepper"!