CURRENT MISSION

Go to Peru!

ABOUT ME

I'm a Southern transplant living in the big city. I have a severe case of wanderlust that draws me to this site. Traveling is my drug.
I also cook a lot. It's therapy for me -- and an act of creation. What better form of art than one you can eat?

Grew up in Tennessee. Lived in Sweden, Ohio, and now New York City! I'm optician for Warby Parker, if that matters.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is too short to ever be bored.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been in NYC for several months now. I feel settled enough to start hosting here

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in six countries and hosted both here in the US and when I lived in Sweden.

Interests

Movies, traveling, food (cooking and eating), meeting new people, exploring new places, Bourbon, things that are yellow, beer, mellow music, any other kind of music, whodunnits, tea, getting lost so I can find my way back, etymology,

• arts
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• etymology

Music, Movies, and Books

Films:
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Lord Of The Rings, The Hours, 8 1 / 2, Lost In Translation, City of God, Young Frankenstein, Brokeback Mountain, Citizen Kane, Little Children, Taxi Driver, Being John Malkovich, Michael Clayton, Brand Upon the Brain, Happy-Go-Lucky, The Big Lebowski, Rope, Dazed and Confused, A Prairie Home Companion, Moulin Rouge, A Single Man and too many more to

Music:
Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Blitzen Trapper, Bob Dylan, CCR, Death Cab for Cutie, Electric President, Iron and Wine, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, MGMT, Old Crow Medicine Show, Of Montreal, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, R.E.M., Rocky Votalato, She & Him, The Shins, Simon and Garfunkel, The Wallflowers

Books:
Agatha Christie, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Virginia Woolf, Barbara Kingsolver, Michael Cunningham, Ian McEwan, James Rollins

Television
Frasier, 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Glee, The Office, True Blood, Weeds, old school Scooby Doo cartoons

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I moved to Sweden for five months not knowing a soul there. By the time I was set to return home I had made a new family. I miss you guys every day!

On a trip to Norway I got to drink the purest water in the world from a spring at the top of a mountain.

I traveled for three weeks around five different countries with crutches due to a torn ACL. It was not always easy but I think it was one of the most rewarding and challenging experiences of my life. I learned more about myself in those few weeks than the rest of the year combined.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to cook some delicious Southern U.S. meals: fried chicken, buttermilk biscuits, buttermilk pie, turnip greens, and mashed potatoes so good they'll make you forget how your Mamma made 'em. I love to experiment when I cook so I've tried my hand at a plethora of ethnic cuisines but I'm always up for learning. I'd love it if you could teach me to cook a dish from your home country /region.

Due to working in the optical field for the past 8 years, I can also fix your glasses unless they're broken beyond repair.

And if you interested and have the time, I can show you a good film or two. New recommendations are always welcome!

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sweden, United States

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