CURRENT MISSION

travel w/o being a tourist, eat your homemade food, and see parts of my city I never knew existed

ABOUT ME

I enjoy being entertained whether by music, movies, art, food or conversation. My wonderful family has taught me that genuinely interested people, good meals, unabashed dancing, and travel greased with good drinks make for a happy life. I also enjoy biking, full-contact sports, and thrifty shopping sprees. I'm an extremely amateur photographer, avid cook, and collector of amazing records.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I offer a cheap, animal-free place to stay + entertaining roommate + expert travel advice

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Honestly, though I thought the idea of couchsurfing was great, I was wary about having strangers in my house. Then I met my boyfriend who is very active in the community and after hanging out with the people he hosted, I warmed to the idea. Recently I traveled with him to Berlin and stayed with a couchsurfer, which was an awesome experience. I had traveled in the past, but usually stayed in hostels or cheaper hotels. Staying with a Berliner was by far my favorite way to go... you get great local advice, someone who speaks the language, and usually a very cool person to hang out with. Can't beat that! Not to mention, you have more money for food and good times.

Interests

• animals
• arts
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• drinking
• shopping
• movies
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: Man Bites Dog, Ed Wood, Bottle Rocket, Face in the Crowd, Loves of a Blonde, Open City, Bicycle Thief, Maniac, Black Sunday, Fisher King, The Third Man, Rear Window, Odd Man Out, Down By Law, Hedwig, Last Temptation of Christ, Footloose, Lolita, Grand Illusion, Pick up on South Street, Lord of the Ringseses, Exorcist 1&3, Buffalo '66, Rocky Horror, Real Genius, Who's Afraid of VA Woolf, TX Chainsaw ('74)

music: April March, Atom & his Package, B52’s, Bauhaus,Beach Boys,Beatles,Beck,Billie Holiday,Bjork,Black Flag,Blondie,Blow Fly,Bo Diddley,Bob Dylan,Bob Marley,Body Count,Bonnie Rait,Booker T. & the MG’s,Bouncing Souls (old),Built to Spill,Buzzcocks,Byrds,Cars,Chet Baker,Chuck Berry,Circle Jerks,Clerence Carter,Clash,Cocksparrer,Cramps,Cream,CCR,Cure,Cyndi Lauper,David Bowie,Damned,Dead Kennedys,Dead Milkmen,Del Shannon,Depeche Mode,Descendents,Desmond,Dekker,Devo,Drifters,Edith Piaf,Ella Fitzgerald,Elvis,Elvis Costello,Explosion,Fear,Fugazi,Go-Go’s,Grey Area,Iggy & the Stooges,Jimi Hendrix,Jim Reeves,Jimmy Cliff,Jimmie Rogers,Joan Jet,Johnny Cash,Johnny Lee Hooker,Jonathan Richman,Joy Division,kd Lang,King Missile,Kinks,Laurie Anderson,Leonard Cohen,Loretta Lynn,Lou Reed,Ludwig von Beethoven,Man or Astro-man,Meters,Minor Threat,Misfits,Morrissey,Murder City Devils,Nancy Sinatra,New Order,Nico,Nina Simone,NIN,Nirvana,Operation Ivy,Otis Redding,Outkast,Patsy Cline,Pixies,PJ Harvey,Pogues,Police,Prince,Propagandhi,Queers,Radiohead,Ramones,Ray Charles,Revolting Cocks,Rezillos,Rolling Stones,Ronnettes,Roy Orbison,Ruth Brown,Scremin’ Jay Hawkins,Screeching Weasel,Sex Pistols,Simon & Garfunkle,Smiths,Sonic Youth,Specials,Spinal Tap,Stray Cats,Suicide Machines,Supremes,T Rex,Talking Heads,Television,Tom Jones,Tom Petty,Tom Waits,Velvet Underground,Ventures,Violent Femmes,Who, Wolfgang Mozart,Woody Gunthrie,Yardbirds,Yo La Tengo,Zombies,Beach House,Beulah,Bonobo,Broadcast,Caribou,Clinic,Concretes,Constantines,Exploding Hearts,Fiery Furnaces,Gein and the Graverobbers,Grandaddy,Grizzly Bear,Interpol,Iron & Wine,Islands,Madeleine Peyroux,Neutral Milk Hotel,Of Montreal,Panda Bear,Peaches,Q and not U,Tapes n Tapes,Trans Am,Unicorns,Wilderness,Wolf Parade

books: grapes of wrath

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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