Welcome
Je suis enchanté, happy to see you, leave your troubles outside, etc.
This blog is for the sapiosexuals, the insatiably curious and/or the curiously insatiable. I hope these pieces will give you more of a sense of who I am, what I like, and what we might share in that regard.
A picture (or whole gallery of them) may be worth a thousand words, but who said that the two are mutually exclusive? As someone for whom arousal is as much a mental pursuit as it is a physical one, the idea of a blog seems, ironically, to be something of a no-brainer. If you, dear reader, feel similarly I hope the words you find here will be of interest. I’m aiming to provide connection, arousal and inspiration but I’ll also settle for being passing entertainment on the tube/loo. Delusions of grandeur were never really my bag.
My apologies to the people who’ve already heard some of the anecdotes which will feature here and who have already charitably laughed at some of the niche humour I’ve subjected them to. My thanks, also. Your support, encouragement and generosity never fail to inspire me.
*What follows in an excerpt from the first ever newsletter I sent out in September 2022. The ‘re-released’ Q&A format will continue this way until I get to the unanswered questions, and we’ll go from there. I’m assuming, of course, that by the time I’ve finished answering all 36 you’ll all be irrevocably in love with me.
I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know a few of you already, so it seems only fair that you also get to learn a bit more about me. I’ve always been more comfortable as a listener (probably why I didn’t last long in teaching) so I thought I’d open each letter with something about me. I’ve discussed this article with friends and lovers alike. I highly recommend it for road trips, airport layovers, lazy Sunday mornings or long languid dinners with someone interesting. Each month I’ll dig deep and give you as true an answer as I possibly can without blowing my cover. And, hey, maybe you can tell me about your answer over drinks?
1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
Why, you, of course! Tee hee, how charming and flirtatious and not at all obsequious. The honest answer is my mum, who has been one of my lifelong closest friends, but that feels like a bit of a cop-out. So someone new? Anthony Bourdain, and I insist that he choose the venue for obvious reasons. I read an article about the man a few years ago and became utterly obsessed. There is so much content by and about Bourdain which, the glutton that I am, I devoured hungrily. Kitchen Confidential is a stalwart resident of my bedside table and I highly recommend the feature film Roadrunner. Despite being scrutinized to the point of spoofery, I get the feeling that if you sat down to dine with Bourdain you’d still leave with an appetite for more.