CURRENT MISSION

To see the world and meet new people.

ABOUT ME

Have CS'ed throughout Europe and traveled in Asia and South America.  I'm in the process of going back to school for a second degree.

PHILOSOPHY

What goes around comes around.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Haven't surfed in a while but looking to host when we get settled in our new apartment.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted several people when we lived in Cleveland.  Have done a few meetups for lunch.  Stayed with several European hosts across the pond.

Interests

Music, Film, Literature, Food, Vegetarianism, Language, Good Conversation, Politics, Sports, Sporcle, Handle-Bar Moustaches, Bow Ties, Crossword Puzzles, Going to Concerts, Writing, Vintage, Investing, Vinyl, Indian Food, Motorcycles, Crock-Pots, Macs, Cleveland Sports

• writing
• literature
• singing
• concerts
• oktoberfest
• dining
• indian food
• motorcycles
• politics
• puzzles
• investing
• music
• hiking
• sports
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

The Frames, Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, John Prine, Dylan, Beatles, Stones, David Gray, Kristofferson, Jayhawks, Bon Iver, Van Morrison, Wilco, Josh Rouse, Old Crow Medicine Show, Avett Brothers, A.A. Bondy, Southeast Engine, Joe Pug, The Black KeysCurrently listening to: Old Ryan Adams MixLast concert I saw: Josh RitterBest In Show, In the Heat of the Night, Hitchcock, Bogart, Documentaries, LOTR, Last of the Mohicans, Cool Hand Luke, The Departed, Napoleon Dynamite, Waiting for Guffman, The Sting, What About Bob, Man on Fire, The Wrestler, Crazy Heart, Che, Ken Burns' BaseballLast film I saw: Margin CallCatch 22 (My favorite book), Shantaram, In Defense of Food, The Intelligent Investor, Chronicles, Buddha, Animal Farm, Security Analysis, The Name of the WindCurrently reading: 1Q84Wall Street Journal, Barrons, The Economist, Paste, Vegetarian Times, The Sporting News, Bloomberg Business WeeklyCurb Your Enthusiasm, The Wire, Lost, Heroes, Seinfeld, Flight of the Conchords, Extras, It's Always Sunny, The Office, 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning, SNL, Austin City Limits, The Mighty Boosh, West Wing, Battlestar Galactica, X-Files, CNBC, House Hunters International, Anthony Bourdain, Food Party, Game of Thrones, The New Girl

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Volunteering at an abuse shelter for women and children in Xela, Guatemala.

Taking a motorcycle tour along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Vietnam.

Oktoberfest in Munich.

Fairy Chimneys of Goreme, Turkey.

Playing an impromptu gig with a professional violinist in Lisbon.

4 day hike on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn more Spanish as well as nearly any other language.

I'd like to share music and hope to play and sing with some other members.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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