I'm a lawyer currently living in the city of Philadelphia in the USA. I really enjoy meeting cool and interesting people from different parts of the globe and sharing fun ideas and experiences. I'm a pretty big traveler even though I haven't had a chance to travel as much as I'd like lately. I'd be open to hosting cool surfers or showing what little I know of Philadelphia to cool people (I've only lived in Philadelphia for three years). I'd also really like to learn about new places chat with people from different backgrounds.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to meet interesting people from around the world. I couchsurfed a bunch right after I finished the Peace Corps several years ago. I really liked the fun connections I made. I'd like to get back into the global traveler's community.

Interests

Politics, art (paint, film, photography, etc.), human rights, civil rights, business, economics, law, world-saving, outdoorsy stuff, travels,

• arts
• photography
• civil rights
• human rights
• drinking
• politics
• traveling
• painting
• surfing
• skydiving
• business
• economics
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The New Jim Crow, Drown, The White Tiger, Guns, Germs, and Steel, Interpreter of the Maladies, Anything by Malcolm Gladwell, White Teeth

Music: Lake Street Dive, Andrew Belle, Nickel Creek, Parachute, Macklemore, Death Cab, Lord Huron, Of Monsters and Men, The 1975, Florence + The Machine, James Morrison, K'naan, Ke$ha, Kings of Leon, Kings of Convenience, The National, Rascal Flatts, Stars, Sufjan Stevens, Tegan and Sara, Tennis, The 1975, Alabama Shakes, Kanye

TV/Movies: Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Parks and Rec, Dallas Buyer's Club, Her, Boyhood, Frances Ha, Wolf of Wall Street.

Movies that continue to make me think: Take This Waltz, The Great Beauty, Synecdoche-New York, Her, Wolf of Wall Street, Zero Dark Thirty, Short Term 12, In the Mood for Love, Before Sunset, Frances Ha, Boyhood, and basically anything Richard Linklater directs where people are talking to each other for 3 hours.

Podcasts: Fresh Air, WTF w/ Marc Maron, Slate Culture Gabfest, Slate Political Gabfest, Freakonomics, The Root, The New Yorker, The Moth, Meet the Press (actually way more likely to talk about a podcast than a TV show or movie), Filmspotting (I'm a big movie buff but with a HUGE blindspot in that if it was made before 1980, I probably haven't seen it. I'm open to friendly education.)

Food: I eat everything. I like trying new foods, next adventure is cooking and reading up on wine (currently reading The Wine Bible and tasting everything I can find)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Angkor Wat, skydiving, surfing (though I'm quite bad at it), Hawaii, Peace Corps (Kyrgyzstan), Persepolis

What I Can Share with Hosts

A little bit of Philly knowledge, a lot of random, half-formed thoughts about the world, a couple solid, well-thought out views on the world, good conversation, a cool place to rest, fun places to eat or drink or hang out in Philly, and all kinds of other stuff

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Peru, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kyrgyzstan, United Kingdom, United States