in a relationship with <a class="plink" href=
"/profile/corispence">corispence</a>, a gorgeous and talented
artist and aspiring chef. we would like to meet a woman to join
us....<br />
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grew up in brooklyn and have not fully lost that east coast edge
even though i have lived here in the bay area for well over a
decade. my education was in florida where i earned a degree in
anthropology and then did graduate studies in ethnomusicology where
i began playing shakuhachi, a japanese bamboo flute.<br />
my most recent musical project is redoing soundtracks to old silent
films by yasujiro ozu.<br />
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for 2 decades i have been a professional musician and music
teacher. shakuhachi is my instrument which is an bamboo flute from
japan.<br />
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in addition, i am self employed as a vegetarian (actually vegan but
i do not like to use the word as it scares many people away) chef
with my own personal chef and catering business as well as teaching
cooking classes and hosting an ongoing dinner/concert series
(sometimes referred to as a secret supper club or underground
restaurant).<br />
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i am an avid film watcher, observer and listener and taster of
various art forms.<br />
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love to travel and hiking through the redwoods gives me incredible
joy. recently rediscovering my love of cycling. purchased a new
road bike recently and am riding 150 or miles per week, now.
decided to stop driving a car unless needed for business so using
the bike for local errands and also getting out and around northern
california.....seeing this beautiful area at 15-20 mph is quite a
blast!!<br />
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japan is the country i have spent most time outside of the states
and i have always been attracted to various aspects of japanese
culture since i was a young child.<br />
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spiritual yet not religious. was raised reformed jewish and have
studied buddhism as an adult.<br />
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huge soccer fan! used to play and now just observe. love to watch
teams like barcelona and arsenal with their virtuosity teamwork and
skills. however my politics leads me to be a huge fan of fc st
pauli and also celtic. :)<br />
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casual, infrequent drinker and love belgian ales, fine wines and
occasional brandies or apertifs both to sip as well as to cook
with. enjoy smoking a good bowl as well.<br />
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very progressive in my political beliefs and actively engage them
in my daily lifestyle. back in college it occurred to me that we
can easily change much of the corporate takeover of the world by
simply avoiding all, or as much of their products as possible. so
for me, it is a lifestyle of choices that i decided back in college
when i started to really became aware of social, ecological,
economic and political problems.<br />
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total turnoffs to me: republicans, chest tatoos, most hip hop and
so called progressives and liberals who still think obama will
actually change something. ok, i just alienated a large part of the
bay area community :)<br />
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meanwhile for more stalking material you can look at my
websites<br />
http://philipgelb.com<br />
new food blog<br />
http://philipgelb.blogspot.com/<br />
want to listen to a concert i did in nyc in winter, 2010? this is a
live soundtrack for yasujiro ozu's film, "passing fancy"<br />
http://soundcloud.com/blackcat/passing-fancy-part-1?utm_source=soundcloud&amp;utm_campaign=share&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=http://soundcloud.com/blackcat/passing-fancy-part-1