CURRENT MISSION

Ya'll, I love meeting people and hearing about your lives. I LOVE chatting about life and going on new little adventures.

ABOUT ME

I grew up in a small Southern Illinois college town rich on nature and poor on cultural outlets. Grinnell, IA was my next stop for a college experience dedicated to human development, and I spent the past two years in service corps in Chicago. I moved to the Bay Area over year ago in search of new adventures with my honey Dan and our pup Lolette. I'm also on this quest to figure out what the heck my passions are. I suspect I'm tripping over the answer.

PHILOSOPHY

Every person holds a particular beauty.
Be a doer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None so far! I'm hoping to open a couch up soon (must chat with the roommate) and reach out to other Couchsurfers for Dan and my Ireland June 2013 trip.

Interests

Cooking. Books (especially young adult, science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, memoir). Dancing (club, swing, salsa). Hiking, biking, camping. Design. Discussing meanings in life (and other uber-philosophical topics). Learning where others find meaning, hope, adventure, and passion in life.

I'm rather obsessed with Arts & Crafts architecture and interiors and tiny houses. I aim to be woodworker one day.

• arts
• books
• architecture
• design
• beauty
• dancing
• cooking
• running
• clubbing
• crafts
• socializing
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Reading the Lolita in Tehran; The Secret Garden; A Little Princess; almost everything by Tamora Pierce; Ender's Game and related; Tiny, Beautiful Things; memoirs of creatives; Where Things Come Back; An Everlasting Meal; Radical Homemakers; Gathering Blue ...

Movies: I'm a sucker for dance movies, badass adventures, animation, tender romances, and documentaries of all stripes. Pan's Labyrinth, Amelie, 21 Jump Street, Adventureland, Shaun of the Dead, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Pride & Prejudice, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Wedding Crashers, Pitch Perfect, A Beautiful Mind, The Interrupters ...

Music: Trampled by Turtles, BT, Smoke Fairies, Le Vent du Nord, Adele, Melody Gardot, Yves Larock, Say Anything, Daniel Powter, Jake Shimabukuro, Westrin & Mowry, Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Josh Groban, Imogen Heap, Robyn, Dar Williams, William Elliot Whitmore ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Literally running up to a retreating south Indian train and catching it with two ridic friends.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, India, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States