CURRENT MISSION

See the world, live life, drink wine.

ABOUT ME

I'm a 22-year-old newspaper reporter from New Jersey who's ready to start traveling both in and around the U.S. and outside it as well, now that I have a job. Go discretionary income!

I am sarcastic but silly, and always up for adventures/exploring.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy what you're doing and the people you're with. And never take things too seriously.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm just surfing so far since I don't have my own place yet. I should soon though, and can show people the wonders of New Jersey besides just "Jersey Shore."

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

One week in Paris with two different (yet equally wonderful) hosts.

Interests

I love time off to just do whatever I feel like -- walking my dog, hiking, reading, watching endless episodes of "Mad Men" or "The Wire" on DVD, while drinking red wine and eating popcorn, of course.
I love exploring and just driving around aimlessly to find something new or interesting. I like to think I'm a very curious person.
I love racquetball, though I have improved little in the year or so I've been playing it.
Karaoke.

• dogs
• theater
• dining
• wine
• red wine
• walking
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• karaoke
• hiking
• surfing
• racquetball
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Royal Tenenbaums, Wet Hot American Summer, Roman Holiday, Y Tu Mama Tambien, All About My Mother, Junebug, The Land Before Time, The first 10 minutes of "Where the Wild Things Are"
Books: Anthropology of an American Girl, The Rum Diaries, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Shopgirl, The Road, The Interpreter of Maladies, Catcher in the Rye, The Bell Jar, The Female of the Species and anything by David Sedaris, Jhumpa Lahiri or Joan Didion.
Music: ELO, Neko Case, My Morning Jacket, The Beatles, Band of Horses, The Band, Feist, Neutral Milk Hotel, and way too many more. Whenever I try to list my favorite things my mind goes blank.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went hang-gliding in North Carolina

Teach, Learn, Share

Movie theater popcorn has as much fat as 20 hot dogs. I have no idea if this is true, but my dad drilled it into my brain as a child. Somehow, popcorn became my favorite food. Go figure.

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