CURRENT MISSION

To meet amazing people I would never have otherwise run into, to leave this country as often as possible, and to stumble upon new inspiration.

ABOUT ME

I've got a bad case of wanderlust, and I want to see the world. It's as simple as that, really.

PHILOSOPHY

"Beauty will save the world." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed once in Montreal and am looking forward to spending more time abroad.

Interests

Going into bookstores and finding really old books that smell good and have scrawly writing inside them; being outside at night and thinking about astronomy; writing {poetry, short stories, a novel(la)}; making art; reading good fiction; walking around cities and finding their rhythms; spending an inordinate amount of time in museums and cafes; and making, eating, writing about, and trying new food (current favorites: peruvian rice pudding, french macarons, thai green curry, any kind of cupcake under the sun, goat cheese, pesto, and blood oranges).

• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• beauty
• dining
• cheese
• running
• walking
• reading
• astronomy

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Monsoon Wedding, The Science of Sleep, Volver, The History Boys, Before Sunrise, Dear Frankie, L'Auberge Espagnole, The U.S. vs. John Lennon, Amelie, Secretary, and Marie Antoinette.

Music: Francoise Hardy, Emily Haines, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, Sondre Lerche, Voxtrot, Rogue Wave, M. Craft, Feist, Broken Social Scene, Aqueduct, The Futureheads, The Beatles, Wilco, Interpol, The Stills, The Natural History, Cat Power, The Radio Dept., The Shout-Out-Louds, Annie, Islands, Bebel Gilberto, The French Kicks, and a million more.

Books: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, White Teeth and On Beauty by Zadie Smith, Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud, The Plague, The Memory Artists, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Tender at the Bone and Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl, Franny and Zooey, and poems by Pablo Neruda, William Carlos Williams, Lorca, and Sylvia Plath.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living in New York is amazing everyday.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Monaco, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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