Diner food connoisseur and North Carolinian, working in Syracuse, New York for two years.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've heard from so so so many people that this is a great way to meet people while traveling.

Interests

Food politics, upright bass, book things, backpacking (the hiking/camping kind), gardening, hot peppers, coffee roasting and drinking, diner food, biscuits, hush puppies, sweet tea, good ginger ale, bitter foods, AM radio.

• books
• literature
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• coffee
• drinking
• gardening
• flowers
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors (at the moment): Mikhail Bulgakov, Nicholson Baker, Raymond Carver, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Lydia Davis, Aldo Leopold, Kurt Vonnegut, and a whole bunch more.

Music: Charles Mingus, The Mountain Goats, King Tuff, Sam Cooke, Angel Olsen, Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co., Des Ark, Waxahatchee, and all sorts of others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

55 hours on the top bunk of a train in India. Ah!

Teach, Learn, Share

If you have an upright around, I can show you how that works, but I imagine if you have one around, you probably already know how that works.

I love to cook and learn/teach recipes and have started to realize that cooking with other people is the easiest way to get to know them.

I'm really into 20th century Russian literature and could teach you whatever I know about that!

What I Can Share with Hosts

If I'm not super crunched for time and have access to a grocery store/kitchen, I will gladly make you some sort of baked good, probably a pie or cinnamon rolls if those sound good.

Stories about being a flower delivery driver?

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, India

Countries I’ve Lived In

India