by Misty Ascroft

In this life?
Michael Vartan.

Favorite romantic movie?
Splendor in the Grass, with Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood.

“My mother always told me _____”?
Never have to rely on a man … I don’t know if that’s good advice or bad advice.

Beginning “Once upon a time,” how would your fairytale go?
Once upon a time there was a girl not expecting what she found in men.

And she found …?
I love the “go-get-‘em” attitude that a lot of guys have. But at the end of the day, when I want to feel safe, there’s nothing better than to have a man say, “I love you just the way you are.” That’s what I’m looking for: somebody to say, “I love you for who you are, not what the public thinks of you.”