CURRENT MISSION

To stay on the road indefinitely!

ABOUT ME

My friends unanimously agree that I am a kind, responsible, hard working but fun loving person! I am a full time musician who tours up and down the west coast. In the past I have also toured to Europe for shows and to see the sights of course!

PHILOSOPHY

I am currently trying to cross as many things off of my bucket list as possible. I am about half way through it but of course it will continue to grow. I am never bored because I believe in living deliberately and seeking adventure (but in safe, positive settings).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have mainly just been couch-surfing because I live on the road 75% of the time. I would love to get the opportunity to host someone when I am in Portland though.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have met some wonderful new friends by couch-surfing and I am still amazed by the kindness and hospitality I have benefited from. I believe that couch-surfing is not about crashing places for free and taking advantage of people, but rather about meeting people and experiencing different cultures.

Interests

Travel, music, photography, nature, baking, animals, literature, writing, politics.

• animals
• writing
• literature
• photography
• beauty
• baking
• vegan
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• blues
• surfing
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Some Like It Hot, Gone With the Wind, Imitation of Life, The Last Station, All About Eve, I Heart Huckabees, Into the Wild, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Mildred Pierce, The Lives of Others.

Music: Kristin Hersh (and her bands 50 Foot Wave & Throwing Muses), Tom Waits, Tanya Donelly, Ani DiFranco, Tori Amos, Polly Scattergood, John Vanderslice, the Mountain Goats, Margot & the Nuclear So & Sos, Leonard Cohen, Billie Holliday, Bessie Smith, Nina Simone, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Amy Winehouse, Velvet Underground, Joanna Newsome, Simon Lynge, Miss Li.

Books: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, everything by Mary Gaitskill and Joyce Carol Oates, Paint It Black & White Oleander by Janet Fitch, everything by D.H. Lawrence, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Nausea, the Stranger, Anna Karenina, everything by Wally Lamb, early works of Chuck Palahniuk, On the Road, the Handmaid's Tale, 1984, The World According to Garp, the Sexual Life of Catherine M., Lolita, everything by David Sedaris and J.D. Salinger.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Witnessing the beauty in Venice, Italy; trying to speak my very poor Italian in Milan and hearing the natives speak back to me; performing music at the House of Blues in Las Vegas.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am in the process of learning Spanish and would love to practice with someone. I can play many instruments (guitar, bass, ukulele, auto-harp and percussion) and would be happy to try to teach someone though I don't have too much experience in teaching music. I make my own screens for t-shirt silk-screening and can definitely teach someone how to do this. I am a lapsed vegan but I still love baking without dairy and eggs and can show you how that's done.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States