CURRENT MISSION

Exploring, eating, and adventuring my way through Southeast Asia.

ABOUT ME

I'll go just about anywhere in search of a fun time or a great story. I just quit my job writing for a software company in Seattle so I could explore Southeast Asia and write for myself. When I'm home, I love cooking dinners, hosting friends and travelers, making cocktails, dancing in Seattle's awesome electronic music scene, and otherwise enjoying my beautiful city. When I'm traveling, I love exploring all of the local culture: food, drinks, art, music, history, wildlife, people.

PHILOSOPHY

I think that Fun is the great redeemer of all things.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to show people around Seattle—from cheap street eats to the city's nicest restaurants, our small but super-cool art scene, and all of the amazing music to be heard around town. When traveling, I love meeting other people who are out exploring the world and doing interesting things abroad.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far, I have hosted four surfers, played tour guide to many an out-of-towner, and gate-crashed a CS barbeque (but I brought beer!). The future holds many more hostings and surfings.

Interests

Learning new languages, binge-reading, hearing people's stories, writing for work and pleasure, making and appreciating art, urban exploration, fashion, food, wine, the pursuit of the perfect cocktail, finding beauty in unexpected places.

• wildlife
• arts
• culture
• writing
• fashion
• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• cocktails
• bbq
• drinking
• boating
• reading
• traveling
• music
• electronic music
• kayaking
• history
• languages
• software
• tourism
• urban exploration

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: John Talabot, Mano Le Tough, Active Child, Odesza, Lusine, Classixx, Maribou State, Hot Chip, Crystal Castles, SOHN, DJ Koze, Disclosure, Nils Frahm, James Blake

Books: Oryx and Crake, The Wind-up Bird Chronicles, Cloud Atlas, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Boy Detective Fails, The Robber Bride, Absurdistan

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Kayaking in a bay full of bioluminescent plankton in Puerto Rico. Drinking hot spiced wine in front of the Astronomical Clock in Praha. A band of bright green across the night sky in Reykjavik. Boating between islands in the most beautiful lavender light at sunset in Croatia.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you host me, I can teach you how to make cocktails, how to create a cool piece of art for your home, and lots of crazy, fantastic idioms and expressions in English. I can also help you improve your Internet copywriting skills, if you're into that sort of thing. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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