PHOTOGRAPHY: Jake Stigers

trong>pan class="moreHeader">STATS
• occupation: Associate Creative Director at an advertising agencytrong>
• age: 37 trong>
• height: 6’1”trong>
• weight: 190 lbstrong>
• hair: brown trong>
• eyes: blue

trong>ABOUT YOUR WORK OR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
I became marketing director for the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus, because I have so much respect for the organization. We foster a public image of gay men that isn’t about narcissism or reckless behavior, and once in a while I get a solo.

pan class="moreHeader">FAVORITES
trong>GYM
Crunch

trong>BAR
Sidetrack

trong>RESTAURANT
Chipotle

trong>RETAILER
Gap

trong>PLACE TO HANG
My living room with a bunch of friends, something to read or my TiVo remote

trong>ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR A NIGHT OWL?
I’m a morning person in the way Dubya is a war veteran.

trong>BOXERS OR BRIEFS?
Tighty blackies.

trong>DO YOU EVER WANT TO GET MARRIED?
Sure. And by the time I’m ready, it will probably be totally legal.

trong>WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW?
I am a CSI junkie. (Nick, Eric, Danny, Don—call me.)

trong>WHAT IS YOUR DRINK OF CHOICE?
Skim milk. I drink about three gallons a week.

trong>WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT LIVING IN YOUR CITY?
The lakefront trail. It’s right outside my door, it’s a great place to train for the marathon and it’s usually packed with sweaty men.

trong>WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
Confrontation.

trong>THE ONE THING YOU HAVE TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
I’ve checked almost everything off my list: Skydiving, marathons, triathlons, Paris, tattoos, unclehood, GENRE Man…I even got some of my suggestions printed in Hints from Heloise.

trong>WHAT IS YOUR BEST QUALITY?
My steadfast refusal to use the word “mangina.”

trong>WHAT TYPE OF GUYS DO YOU TEND TO DATE?
So far, the kind I eventually break up with.

trong>WHO IS THE CHICK YOU’D SWITCH FOR?
Tina Fey. She’s smokin’, smart and extremely funny.

trong>CELEB YOU’D LIKE TO SPLIT A SIX-PACK WITH?
Rusty Joiner. But I’d get to keep his six-pack.

trong>BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING GAY MEN TODAY?
Letting go of our adolescent crushes on straight celebrities.

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