We are a fun-loving father and daughter duo living together in Manhattan, New York City. Dad (Dan) works as an international public health guy with a focus on HIV/AIDS, primarily in Africa and the Caribbean, and as an artist in the performing arts. Daughter (Tazca) is working on various things, including flute and piano, singing and song writing, her cartwheel, and not missing the bus to school.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We are curious people who enjoy learning from others and being welcomed into new countries, cultures, and homes. Friends and family from all over the world have stayed in our home, and we've always appreciated the kindness of strangers on our own adventures.

Interests

We love travel, spending time in cities and the outdoors, music, theater, film, food, building furniture, making jewelry, photography, dance, fixing stuff, and wrestling with the pug.

• arts
• writing
• singing
• theater
• performing arts
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• politics
• traveling
• woodworking
• music
• piano
• outdoor activities
• wrestling
• visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Our music tastes run the gamut from classical to jazz to old school 90's hip hop to punk to alternative to classic rock to pop etc.

Recent books Dan has read:

The Savage Detectives (Bolaño)
The Corrections (Franzen)
The Trial (Kafka)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Calvino)
Another Country (Baldwin)

Recent books Tazca has read:

Wonder (R.J. Palacio)
The Battle of the Labrynth (Riordan)
The Son of Neptune (Riordan)
The Lost Hero (Riordan)

Recent films that made an impact on us:

Water (Deepa Mehta)
Les Intouchables
A Separation
Amour
Senna
The Piano Teacher
Inside out
Cutie and the Boxer
Leviathan (Russian film)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Dad: Successfully administered CPR to a drowned 10 year old girl in Vietnam

Daughter: Flew by herself from New York to Peru

Teach, Learn, Share

If you'll pardon the cliché, we are both students and learning our way.

We'd be delighted to learn about your food, language, family, city, politics, music, dance, visual arts, theater arts, and how best to get to the next place we are headed when the time comes.

Daughter can teach flute, English, Spanish, Peruvian dance, clowning, and how to do a decent cartwheel.

Dad can teach woodworking, theater arts, how to fix most anything, how to drive most things with wheels, and will wax lyrical on family planning methods, how to avoid STIs, and prevention, care and treatment for HIV/AIDS for those interested.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Dad and daughter both have a penchant for cleanliness and order, neither of us smokes, and we prefer to leave a place looking better than when we arrived (old scouts' rule).

We hope to share some good energy and love of life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Viet Nam