CURRENT MISSION

repay my traveller karma

ABOUT ME

I am a native Porltander, but spent 7 years of twenties living in NYC. I have a lot of traveller's karma to pay off and hopefully to pay forward as well. I live in a quiet but fairly close-in part of Portland. Its easy to bike or bus anywhere in the city. We have 2 energetic young dogs, Buio and Falkor. I also have a rat named Wendy.

I am a tattoo artist and I also teach art to children in an after-school program. Let us know, and if we are able, we would love to be your hosts. especially if you will tell us stories or play us songs.

My biggest passion is the arts. Social justice important to me and finding a way to practice the arts in a way to better humanity is my ongoing mission.

P.S. I'm aware that my response rating at the moment is not so good . . . I really hate turning people down and put off doing it. I also lived in NYC for a while and had an INSANE number of requests. But I am back in the hosting game, so please give me a try!

PHILOSOPHY

UNIVERSAL COMPASSION

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting, surfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I travelled for 8 months in Europe and Turkey, I couchsurfed some, wwoofed, Servas, the whole gamit of these things. I've surfed some in the US too and also hosted a bunch when I lived in NYC. I have yet to have a Portland surfer but I'm looking forward to it!

Interests

art, veganism, story telling, the ocean, music, feminism, animals, culture, herbs,

• animals
• dogs
• arts
• culture
• womens rights
• wine
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• fishing
• surfing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i stayed in a fishing village in Turkey, where I could watch the sunset from a cliff. From above, I could watch all of the boats stop where they were while they watched the sun go down. I went to Christmas Markets in Germany and drank mulled wine. I saw fields of sunflowers from the trains in Eastern Europe. People are the most amazing thing to me though.

Teach, Learn, Share

Guitar, uke, drawing,

I'd love to learn some new songs and how to plink around on anything with strings :) (or improve my plinking)

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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