After spending a year living on a boat in Florida and working for an international film festival in Minneapolis, I am taking the summer off before heading back to the east coast for a masters of landscape architecture. I am traveling around the United States visiting friends and spending two weeks in Korea, to experience the urbanism of Seoul and the contrasting Temple stay.
Interested in Beer
Interested in Design
Fluent in English
Learning Norwegian Bokmål
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I have surfed around the US, in Nashville, Memphis, Colorado, Seattle, and most recently upstate New York with some amazing people who welcomed me into their home with a blood-red beer recipe. Spending time getting to know another's version of a city, and exploring on my own, is an incredible experience. I appreciate the community and the exchange that is the basis of CS. Side note, I have been unable to host personally as I have been living the "itinerant lifestyle" for the past five years and have not had my own lease. However, I plan to start hosting this fall in Philadelphia. Time to introduce some cool people on my own turf.
Music, Movies, and Books
Too many, but suffice it to say I love all three categories and much of my free time is spent engaging one or the other. A few favorite creators: Yorgos Lanthimos, Charles Mingus, Gaia Vance (Adventures in the Anthropocene-life changing).
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Snorkeling in Silfra, a rift valley between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. Located in the Thingvellir National Park, the historic site of the Althingi. I have never seen water so clear, nor underwater (or surface) vegetation as beautiful. When traveling in Texas, I saw the Milky Way so clearly out in Fort Davis Mountains at a Star Party. Plus, an incredible meteor shower with "dragon tails" against the horizon.
What I Can Share With Hosts
Good conversation (I hope), vegan food, music and film recommendations.
My Interests
When not reading, I can be found strolling in the wilds and investigating native plant. In my free time I love to listen to music, recorded or live, and watch films.
