CURRENT MISSION

To couch surf the seven seas

ABOUT ME

Raised and schooled in California, I've been living in small-town northern New England for over six years working as a biologist at a biotech company. However, for the rare moments I'm free from this verdant little bubble, I like to travel around the US/Canada visiting friends and making new ones along the way. My passport is criminally under-stamped, but I'm working on it.

The longer I'm on the east coast, the greater hunger I'm getting for the wide-open spaces of the western US. It's beautiful in New England, sure, but my heart lies west of the rockies. Tundra, prairie, mountains, deserts, I miss it all!

PHILOSOPHY

I live for deeper insights to who I am and my place in the universe. These tidbits sometimes come to me while exploring some foreign, unknown place or through the monotony of my daily routine. It's utterly unpredictable and thrilling.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My current living situation is a bit small but I can host 1-2 people for a maximum of two nights on my living room couch.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Lots of informal experience couchsurfing on friends' couches; I'm fond of the old campsite rule of leaving a place nicer than when I found it.

Interests

hiking, skiing, reading, gardening, concert-going, being a bumbling tourist, geography, scientific papers and miscellaneous trivia.

• concerts
• gardening
• trivia
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• skiing
• biology
• geography
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Gary Shteyngart books, Neko Case, Lonely Planet travel guides to anywhere, world atlases, whatever the lady at the Norwich Bookstore recommends for me.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Packing up and moving across country to this corner of New England and carving a life out for myself. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be but turned out pretty amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can bring an African Violet back from the brink of death and can make a pretty mean meatloaf.