CURRENT MISSION

Escape comfort zone to meet new people, find an artistic voice.

ABOUT ME

I am quick to be your friend and quick to laugh at anything. I find life to be genuinely funny when it is filled with great people! But then again, I enjoy reflective, personal conversations just as much as spitballin' and joking.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My friend Sarah Rogo (a fabulous Boston musician) told me about all the couchsurfers she's hosted at her apartment. The experience sounded rewarding on so many levels. Meeting people of different walks is key to finding your place in the world amongst them. So I decided I wanted to break into the couchsurfing scene and get to know some people!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None so far, but I hope someone gives me an opportunity to meet them.

Interests

Italian films, Mike Leigh films, PTA films, lighting design, sound design, motion picture editing, cinematography, directing, acting, screenwriting, songwriting, hiking/camping, long-distance running, skiing, lacrosse, cooking, kayaking, jazz, classical, film criticism, literature, Classic plays, philosophy-- esp. German, pragmatism-- volunteering, outdoor (free) concerts, cooking, and laundry lists.

• literature
• design
• film making
• acting
• concerts
• dancing
• cooking
• marathon
• running
• movies
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• skiing
• lacrosse
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Fellini, P.T. Anderson. Tree of Life, Terrence Malick, Mike Leigh films, Godard's Weekend, Contempt, A Woman is a Woman. Renoir's Rules of the Game. Antonioni's L'Avventura, Blue Valentine.

Independent Cinema, World Cinema and much more.

Stravinksy's Rite of Spring, Debussy's String Quartet, Brahms, Taverner, Steve Reich, Elliot Carter, Rossini, Vivaldi, Cage, Greenwood, Vaughan Williams, Nina Rota, Chopin, Satie, Rachmaninov.

Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Dizzy Gillepsie, Brubeck, Branford and Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, Louis Armstrong, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Holiday, Esperanza Spalding.

Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Solex.

Books: Iliad, Odyssey, John Updike shorts, Dubliners, Winesburg Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, and more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Raised over 1,000 for American Cancer Society by running the Hartford Marathon.

Went to Ft. Smith Arkansas to work on houses for Habitat for Humanity.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to learn Italian.
Any style of dancing, count me in.
Any guitar stuff.
Cooking.

I can help with

filmmaking.
A little guitar playing.
Marathon running.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States