CURRENT MISSION

learning how to live local and teach others...

ABOUT ME

I love to cook, but I am notoriously bad at cracking eggs. I get a little ridiculous when I drink too much gin. I obsess about good quality local fabulous food. I'm told I do pretty good impressions of people, but really bad sound effects. I drink alot of tea. I'm really good at parallel parking. I like going up things but not down (skiing excepted). I have a tendency to fall into a British accent for no apparent reason - I'm trying to stop I swear. I really like the idea of wearing heels but I find it rarely works out for me. I love making and sending letters. It is my dream to one day be in a public place where everyone gradually overcomes shyness and breaks out in simultaneous song and/or dance. I am addicted to traveling and am ready to go somewhere at all times. I am never, ever, bored.

PHILOSOPHY

BE where you are but dream about where you'll go, and then go.

You can do anything you want. Really.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently I work at one of the most sustainable livestock operations in the world...Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. Maybe you've heard of it? So for the time being I can't host anyone but you are welcome to visit the farm and hang out, learn how to gut a chicken/move cows/feed pigs/breed rabbits/grill meat/celebrate life farm-style, etc.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed with an awesome guy called Antonio in Rome...hung out with him and his best friend and had an excellent evening.

Interests

Agriculture, traveling, red wine, languages (and people who can help me with them), ultimate frisbee, salsa (or any) dancing, sustainable agriculture and local food, fiction novels, running, hiking, cooking/eating good meals with friends, playing in the sun, being silly and passionate.

• rabbits
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• yoga
• running
• partying
• drinking
• traveling
• hiking
• skiing
• agriculture
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

books about food and sustainability (many by Michael Pollan and Joel Salatin), Bukowski, Barbara Kingsolver. I love all kinds of music. really like Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Manu Chao, Sufjan Stevens, Fiona Apple Wilco, Radiohead, Lily Allen, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Buena Vista Social Club, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and big band swing tunes. i love Y Tu Mama Tambien, Amelie, the Godfather, the Royal Tenenbaums, Best in Show, the Sound of Music, Anchorman, Borat, Team America, the Shining, etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sand-boarded down the side of a volcano, played with monkeys in Gibralter, step-danced for tips in a Spanish bus station, went to Amsterdam and never got lost, yoga on top of a mountain in Morocco, went to the end of world in Portugal, went doveshooting in Patagonia, snow-shoeing in the Andes...

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a lot about the environment and growing good food. I can get on a soapbox with this stuff but would be glad to share my knowledge and insights with interested parties.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guam, Italy, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Palau, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States