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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning French, Italian, Japanese, Swahili
  • 32, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Photography
  • UCLA World Arts & Cultures
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Learn well, eat well, be well.

ABOUT ME

I've lived in LA for 10 years, I've worked in television and media for a few years, and now own and run my own business. I love art. I love cocktails. I love music. I love traveling.

PHILOSOPHY

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host constantly within my festival friends, but haven't ever done an official couchsurfing host. SO happy to give you suggestions and a tour if you ever visit LA!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new! I'll be hosting folks in LA this summer and this year.

Interests

Music, Marketing, Food Culture, Culture in general

  • culture
  • dining
  • traveling
  • music
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: V for Vendetta, East of Eden, Ender's Game, 1984, Brave New World, Home (Julie Andrews' auto-bio), NOTHING by Kurt Vonnegut (he makes me sad), The 5 People You Meet In Heaven, Mere Christianity, The Qur'an

Movies: Harold and Maude, Fifth Element, You've Got Mail, Hackers, Good Will Hunting, Great Gatsby was fantastic, anything by Hayao Miyazaki or Quentin Tarantino, UP, Coneheads, RENT

Shows: Doctor Who, Firefly, Dollhouse, Orange is the New Black, loved Fringe, Revolution, HIMYM, Big Bang Theory, Suits, Downton Abbey, New Girl

Music: Such a difficult one! Ed Sheeran is my latest musical love, took a class on the Beatles (loved it), Diana Krall, Duck Sauce, Lucia Micarelli (badass), soundtracks (so Hanz Zimmer, Christopher Beck, John Williams), Miles Davis, Regina Spektor, Afrojack, Tupac, Childish Gambino, Macklemore, Gorillaz, Sublime, this list could go on and on and in so many strange directions.

Food: Japanese, Ethiopian, Indian, Mediterranean, fusion foods, food trucks

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I filmed my friend swimming the English Channel.

What I Can Share with Hosts

photograpy

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Tanzania

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Mexico, Tanzania, United States

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