CURRENT MISSION

Recklessly indulging in the people, arts, libations, and foods of the world.

ABOUT ME

I am a super positive, easy going chic who loves good conversation, good libations, and meeting new people. I am an American ex-pat who has been living in New Zealand since 2010. I work in the export biz, so I travel often, but am happy to host when I am home.

PHILOSOPHY

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I believe couchsurfing is about meeting awesome people and exchanging ideas, knowledge, and good times. Therefore, I like it when people actually read my profile and know something about me before requesting to surf my couch.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing is tops!

Interests

exploration, music, glass, metal, conversation, laughing, martinis, spreading the love, food, art, randomness, dancing, alternative medicine, DIY, chaos theory, tramping, cooking, camping, star gazing, kayaking, sourcing my own foods, serendipity, vino, photography, phenomenology, meditating on mountain tops, biking, eco-friendly building, learning, living life like the dream that it is...

• arts
• photography
• diy
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• fine dining
• drinking
• traveling
• pottery
• drawing
• music
• cycling
• fishing
• kayaking
• camping
• surfing
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• paragliding
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS: Tom Robbins, Richard Bach, Anthony Burgess, Paul Simon, Barack Obama, Buckminster Fuller, Thoreau, Orwell, Whitman, Beckett and Poe. The Celestine Prophecy, Zen and the Art of Happiness, The Self-Aware Universe

MUSIC: Indie, bluegrass, big band, reggae, ska, swing, crooners, jazz, cheesy 80's hits, grunge, folk, hip-hop, glam rock, disco, trashcan americana, punk, electro, experimental, alternative, funk, jambands, electronica: [d'n'b, goa, jungle, breakbeat, ragga, hard house, liquid breaks, trance, hard techno, tech house, UKG, some hardcore and big beat].

I absolutely cannot stand: country, pop, Widespread Panic, southern rock, R&B, or happy hardcore.

MOVIES: Waking Life, Office Space, Footlose, Trainspotting, Dogma, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Big Fish, Dazed and Confused, Borat, Alice in Wonderland, Sideways, Eyes Wide Shut, Four Rooms, all Quentin Tarantino films, most dark comedies and indie films.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

many things that would be too hard to explain in words...

Teach, Learn, Share

Things I know how to do:

Cook a 5/7 course meal
Pair wine and other libations with food
American and Asian Market Style Fine Dining Table Service
Teach the basics of wine
Silversmithing
Goldsmithing
Blacksmithing
MIG Welding
Glassblowing
Kiln Glass
Stained Glass
Cold working
Drawing
Bookmaking
Rollerskating
Collecting Mushrooms
Throw clay/ceramics
Make a killer Halloween costume
Olive curing
Vine pruning
Sewing
Collect mussels
Collect paua
Photoshop

Things I want to try:

Snowboarding
Surfing
Sky Diving
Stone Carving
Wool Spinning
Sheep Shearing
Scallop Collecting
Crayfish Catching
Deep Sea Fishing
Bone Carving
Silkscreening
Paragliding
Kickboxing
Roller Derby

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Ireland, Netherlands, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States

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