Born and raised in the bay area, I have found myself in Champaign, IL, moved out here for a software job of all things to leave the bay area for. I love running, mountain biking, cycling, and cooking. I enjoy sharing food, chatting over a bottle of wine or some beer and excellent coffee.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have only had amazing couchsurfing experiences. Most of which have not been through the website but through friends of friends who have sent me to stay with other friends. Being a tourist 100% of the time can become exhausting and sometimes you need a friend to bring you back down to earth where real people live. I always enjoy meeting new people and going to local sites and outings.

I believe Couchsurfing is a great way to learn and experience different cultures. There is everything to gain and nothing to lose by staying with new friends vs a hostel; its free, you meet great people, you can get a more local experience and still have time to be a tourist.

Interests

photography, math, art, surfing, boxing, piano, guitar, vino, spumanti, beat pear blood orange salad, cooking, love, water, wine and tequila

• arts
• culture
• photography
• cooking
• wine
• traveling
• guitar
• piano
• boxing
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Atmosphere, Chopin, Andrew Bird, Radiohead, Johnny Cash, Verdi, Dredg, Amy Winehouse, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Portishead, The Beatles, The Drifters, Otis Redding, Oasis, Tool, The Mammas and the Pappas, Motley Crue, Muse, Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, Led Zepplin, Davis Bowie, Jimmy Hendrix, Jimmy Eat World, Cake, Fiona Apple, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Johnny Cash, The Doors, Peaches, Incubus, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Ozomatti
BOOKS: Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, anything Dr. Suess, Grabiel Marquez's Short Stories
MOVIES: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Everyone says I Love You, The Triplets of Belleville, Match Point (and basically any other Woody Allen movie), Rodger Dodger, Secretary, The Squid and the Whale, Cinema Paradiso, Frida

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

learned another language well enough to make it through my exams in Padova

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States