CURRENT MISSION

to expand our peace education outside the classroom.

ABOUT ME

We've been together for 9 years and in that time have lived in Central California (school), small-town Indiana (more school), and Washington, DC (adventure!). We moved to Oakland in September, 2011 and are excited to be back on the West Coast.After spending a few magical years living in co-ops, we're now enjoying being a community of two (+ cats). However, we're still very community-minded and love practicing hospitality.Christine works for a Latin American solidarity organization and is on
the Board of Directors for the Women's Ordination Conference. She's
currently persuing an Masters in Divinity and Certificate in Women's
Studies and Religion at Pacific School of Religion. Christine's
Catholic, Alex is Unitarian Universalist and we're both a little Quaker,
so spirituality is a big part of our lives, but in a liberational/not
mean way.Alex is a paralegal and in his spare time volunteers as a math tutor and sexual health educator. He's also a Cicerone-Certified Beer Server (which is sort of like a beer sommelier).Beer and food are big passions for us. We love working in our community garden, going to the farmer's market, and trying out new recipes at home. We also love craft brews, homebrewing and experimenting with new cocktails. Needless to say, if you stay with us, you'll be well fed.

PHILOSOPHY

Live simply so that others may simply live.

(Ok, so we stole it from the Quakers, but it's still a good philosophy.)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We surfed and hosted a lot in the past, but fell out of habit in the last 3 years or so. Now that we're getting settled in our new apartment we're excited to start hosting again!

Interests

thrift stores, feminism, photography, getting lost in strange cities, coffee, homebrewing, religion, anti-oppression, farmers markets, slow & local foods, knitting, writing, gardening, hiking, theorizing, cheese, travel, peace studies, nonviolence, craft beer, micro brewed sodas, mischief.

• cats
• writing
• photography
• education
• womens rights
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• cheese
• beer
• cocktails
• coffee
• gardening
• thrifting
• traveling
• homebrewing
• knitting
• hiking
• divinity
• teaching
• mathematics
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Andrew Bird, Ben Folds, Bright Eyes, Iron & Wine, Damien Rice, The Decemberists, Indigo Girls, Kings of Convenience, Matisyahu, Regina Spektor, Sufjan Stevens
Books: Eureka Street, Everything is Illuminated, His Dark Materials Trilogy, the Best American Nonrequired Reading series.
Movies: Things involving The Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson, Pixar, Tim Burton, Christopher Guest, and Charlie Kaufman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Alex kissed a mime in Brussles! Christine once squatted in a semi-abandoned building in India but that's not so much "amazing" as it is "shady."

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: knitting, beer making (assuming supplies are available), various forays into urban homestedding.

Learn: We appreciate patient people who can work with us on our Spanish or teach us new Arabic phrases.

Share: cooking yummy dinners together.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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