ABOUT ME

ATTENTION: I can’t host in SF, but might be able to bring you with me to my cabin in Sonoma County near Monte Rio on the Russian River.

I grew up in San Francisco's Mission District in a house packed with music, books, paintings, and an endless assortment of random treasures. I miraculously still live in SF, but spend most weekends in Sonoma.

I teach preschool music, write songs, read, swim, hike, hunt mushrooms, and eat all the pastries.

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PHILOSOPHY

God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first couchsurfing experiences were with my band as we toured through California, Oregon, and Washington. I was thrilled to meet so many diverse and warmhearted people. I've since toured and couchsurfed all over Europe twice, surfed in Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and hosted in San Francisco.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Vic Chesnutt, Vladimir Vissotski, Alan Price, Big Joe Williams, Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie Mctell, Bessie Smith, Blind Boy Grunt, Bob Dylan, The Band, Bruce Springsteen, Brecht/Weill, Stephen Sondheim, Huddie Ledbetter, Beethoven, Dave Van Ronk, David Blue, Dead Kennedys, Django Reinhardt, Dock Boggs, The Doors, Dvorak, Elvis, Frank Zappa, Fred Neil, Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, J.B. Lenoir, The Jonah Kit, Leonard Cohen, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lou Reed, Meat Puppets, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Nico, Nirvana, Odetta, Otis Redding, Patti Smith, Phil Ochs, The Pogues, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Rev. Gary Davis, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Skip James, The Staple Singers, Townes Van Zandt, Ted Hawkins, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jimmie Rodgers, Coltrane, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Billie Holiday, Gene Krupa, Stravinsky

Authors: Vonnegut, Thoreau, Raymond Chandler, Henry Miller, Lew Welch, Sylvia Plath, Dostoevsky, Lorca, Neruda, Alan Watts, Catullus, Kerouac, Rimbaud, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Movies: The Crazy Stranger, Transylvania, Exiles, Contempt, Wild Strawberries, Betty Blue, The Last Waltz, Boy, Cobra Verde, My Best Fiend

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States