likes: art, movies, beer, coasting down hills, wind, nutritional yeast, running, the san rafael bridge, chitchat, analog media, immersion, national parks, dollar bins (all sorts), stocked cupboards, heights, house plants, endurance

dislikes: organ meats, spider mites, late nights

feels ambivalent about: satellite photography, extremity, vacation, the internet, adrenaline, sleep

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i like to make friends, and i hate hotels

Interests

• arts
• photography
• cooking
• beer
• vegetarian
• vegan
• running
• drinking
• movies
• darts
• cycling
• communications
• parks
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

a sampling: gegen die wand, the world, wayne's world, days of heaven, the royal tenenbaums, we are the best!, force majeure, the unbearable lightness of being, buddenbrooks, americanah, the death and life of great american cities, anything by roald dahl, almost anything by edward gorey, mrs. dalloway

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i once played electronic blow darts with kurt cobain's grandfather.

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: vegetarian/vegan cooking, english/german/french, how to change a flat tire on a bicycle
learn: turkish, pickling, how to build a bike

What I Can Share with Hosts

i will happily make you dinner or take you out for a drink

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Canada, England, France, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States