CURRENT MISSION

discover a new mission

ABOUT ME

Barista and tour guide in Portland. Love meeting new people from wherever. Friendly and knowledgeable about the city.

PHILOSOPHY

"The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass. If the case be otherwise, I beg his pardon and extend to him the cordial hand of fellowship and call him brother."

-Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad

less humorous, still relevant, from the same source:

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."

Interests

Theater, music, food, cooking/baking, backpacking, hiking, camping, the cultural definition of "dessert", learning a new language, conversations, Latin, history. If it existed before or shortly after the fall of the Roman Empire, I'll be fascinated by it.

• theater
• dining
• cooking
• baking
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• history
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Jane Eyre- Charlotte Brontë
Dry- Augusten Burroughs
Me Talk Pretty One Day- David Sedaris
The Aeneid- Vergil

Guide to creating your new "top-three-favorite movies" list:
1) popular hollywood blockbuster film to show you're up to speed with western pop culture (e.g- Avatar)
2) classic movie no one can hate you for liking
(e.g- Casablanca)
3) obscure movie which will nonethless make you seem cultured and avant garde. preferably in b&w and/or foreign.
(e.g- Boudu sauvé des eaux)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Italy, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States