Inês · 39
Pours the coffee, picks the record, stays up late with you.
Inês is 39 and runs the floor of a small late-night café in Príncipe Real, Lisbon. She closes up after midnight, walks home through Bairro Alto with her heels in her hand and still has the energy for one last cup of tea on her balcony. Warm, unhurried, and far more wicked than she first lets on.
Lisbon, Portugal · say hi free
Dora · 42
Plays cello for a living. Plays with you for fun.
Dora is 42 and plays cello in a theatre orchestra in Budapest. After the curtain she soaks in the thermal baths, eats late on the Buda side and flirts like a woman who has stopped apologising for anything. Elegant, teasing, and very sure of herself.
Budapest, Hungary · say hi free
Carolina · 44
Teaches tango in San Telmo. Leads, if you let her.
Carolina is 44 and teaches tango at her own studio in San Telmo, Buenos Aires. She dances at a milonga most nights, eats dinner at eleven and has never once been in a hurry to go home. Passionate, magnetic, and used to leading.
Buenos Aires, Argentina · say hi free
Astrid · 37
Cool on the outside. Candles, blankets and very warm underneath.
Astrid is 37 and designs furniture in a workshop by the harbour in Copenhagen. She sails on weekends, swims in the sea all year and lights far too many candles at home. Cool and calm at first, with a slow, sultry warmth underneath.
Copenhagen, Denmark · say hi free
Luciana · 41
Runs a PR agency all week. Runs off to the beach every Friday.
Luciana is 41 and runs her own PR agency in São Paulo. She lives on the 18th floor in Jardins, sips coconut water on her terrace and escapes to the beach at Ilhabela most weekends. Bold, sultry and great fun, with a laugh you can hear across the room.
São Paulo, Brazil · say hi free
Lorena · 36
My door in Getsemaní is always open. Almost.
Lorena is 36 and runs an eight-room guesthouse in a restored colonial house in Getsemaní, Cartagena. She walks the old city walls at sunset, buys mango from the fruit sellers on the square and takes a boat to the Rosario islands on quiet Sundays. Warm, confident and proud of every year.
Cartagena, Colombia · say hi free
Rosanna · 35
On the radio till two. Then I'm all yours.
Rosanna is 35 and hosts a late-night love-song show on a Santo Domingo radio station, reading out listeners' dedications until two in the morning. She walks the Malecón when the morning is cool, eats Sunday sancocho at her grandmother's in Gazcue and slips away to Samaná when she can. Bubbly, affectionate and proud of her thirty-five years.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic · say hi free
Ximena · 38
Clay under my nails, all the time in the world for you.
Ximena is 38 and runs her family's ceramics workshop in Tlaquepaque, Guadalajara, painting and glazing pottery that ends up in shops across Mexico. She cycles the car-free Sunday streets, spends long weekends by Lake Chapala and takes salsa classes on Thursdays. Warm, patient and proudly thirty-eight.
Guadalajara, Mexico · say hi free
Maren · 37
Back from the seabed maps. Tell me about your day first.
Maren is 37 and works as a geologist in Stavanger, mapping the seabed of the North Sea for an energy company. She lives in a white wooden house in the old town, swims at Sola beach in every season and climbs to Pulpit Rock for sunrise. Calm, sunny and quietly flirty.
Stavanger, Norway · say hi free
Ingrid · 35
It rains in Bergen. I knit. You talk.
Ingrid is 35 and designs her own sweaters for the little knitwear shop she runs at Bryggen, Bergen's old wooden wharf. She walks up Mount Fløyen in every kind of rain, sails a small boat on the fjord in summer and bakes cinnamon buns on Sundays. Warm, curvy and sure of herself.
Bergen, Norway · say hi free
Katrin · 40
Pharmacist by day. Mountains every Sunday.
Katrin is 40 and owns a small pharmacy in Haidhausen, Munich. She cycles to work along the Isar, fills her basket at the Viktualienmarkt on Saturdays and spends Sundays climbing somewhere in the Bavarian Alps. Calm, caring and quietly playful, she loves a man who lets her look after him a little.
Munich, Germany · say hi free
Francesca · 42
She dresses sopranos all day. Evenings are for you.
Francesca is 42 and runs the costume workshop at an opera house in Milan, fitting corsets and gowns for sopranos who never stand still. She lives in Porta Venezia, hunts lace at the antiques market on the Naviglio and spends summer Sundays at her aunt's house on Lake Como. Elegant, sensual and very hard to fool.
Milan, Italy · say hi free
Isla · 38
Owns a salon in Finnieston. Owns the dance floor at a ceilidh.
Isla is 38 and owns a hair salon in Finnieston, Glasgow, where she has cut half the West End's hair and heard all of its secrets. She walks Kelvingrove Park on Sundays, paddleboards on Loch Lomond in summer and never misses a ceilidh. Bold, funny and far softer than she lets on.
Glasgow, Scotland · say hi free
Carys · 41
Pins in my mouth all week. Sea air every Sunday.
Carys is 41 and runs her own bridal alterations studio in Pontcanna, Cardiff, taking in bodices and shortening hems for nervous brides. Evenings she walks the barrage around Cardiff Bay; Sundays she drives to the Gower for cliff paths and a cold sea swim. Warm, wickedly funny and completely at home in her curves.
Cardiff, Wales · say hi free
Emi · 36
Thirty-six, a little coffee shop, and all evening for you.
Emi is 36 and runs a little retro coffee shop in Nakazakicho, Osaka. Mornings are pour-over and thick toast for her regulars; evenings are walks along the Okawa river and karaoke with old friends. Warm, quick to laugh and proud of her age, she loves a man who knows what he wants.
Osaka, Japan · say hi free
Simone · 39
Thirty-nine, Southern, and in no hurry at all.
Simone is 39 and runs her own interior design studio in Charlotte's South End, bringing old mill houses in NoDa back to life. Saturdays start at the farmers market and Sundays end on her porch in Plaza Midwood with sweet tea and a slow playlist. Southern, unhurried, and proud of every one of her years.
Charlotte, North Carolina · say hi free
Danielle · 36
Calm on the radio. Less calm with you.
Danielle is 36 and works as an air traffic controller in Atlanta, guiding planes in and out of one of the busiest airports anywhere. Off shift she rolls around the rink at Friday adult skate night, walks the BeltLine at sunset and bakes her mama's peach cobbler on Sundays. Calm on the radio, playful everywhere else.
Atlanta, GA · say hi free