City Island walks and what ifs

City Island at dusk feels like a movie set — the river, the bridges lit up, the ballpark glowing. I go walk there when I need to think, and lately I've been thinking the same thing every time: I want someone to walk with. I'm thirty-one, a paralegal at a firm downtown, and I'm tired of treating dating like a chore on my to-do list. I want to actually want to meet someone. I'm bookish, quietly funny, and I have a bad habit of adopting every cat in the neighborhood. I'm looking for someone steady. Not flashy, not loud — just reliable and genuinely interested in knowing me.