CURRENT MISSION

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ABOUT ME

Design savvy, environmentally conscious, altruistically involved, forever fascinated. I live a very simple life, and put major emphasis on my friends, my community, and the relationships between people. I bike around town, tend to my compost pile, vote in every election, and love getting lost.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love cities. And one of the best ways to understand a city is through its people . So I'm on Couchsurfing to learn how people interact with it: where they eat, how they get around, secret passage ways, who are their neighbors, etc.

I was interviewed a Pittsburgh radio station on my Couchsurfing experience. You can listen to me speak about the sharing economy starting at 30:57 http://wesa.fm/post/essential-pittsburgh-depth-look-local-sharing-economy

Interests

Affinity for historic and dense urban cities, Los Angeles, architectural acupuncture, leftovers, elephants, flora, fauna. being involved in my community as much as possible, making LA better, and volunteering with different orgs in the east side of LA. I also co-founded the L.A. Bike Trains (labiketrains.com)

• design
• cycling
• cartography
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

the stranger,
norwegian wood,
unbearable lightness of being,
jimmy corrigan: the smartest kid on earth,
triplets of belleville,
who framed roger rabbit?,
buckminster fuller,
kcrw,
kpcc,
npr,
the national,
the antlers,
bread and butter,
white rice,
beans,
vegetables,
fruit,
http://www.last.fm/user/brucecha

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-chasing the northern lights for 6 hours in Norway.... into Finland.
-watching a Sea Turtle lay eggs on a beach in Sri Lanka.
-biking through Los Angeles during CicLAvia (ciclavia.org)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love sharing my knowledge, experiences, and insight into the design of the city. I have lots of maps to share with you so you'll never get lost - although I encourage getting lost.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Denmark, France, India, Mexico, Nepal, Norway, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States