CURRENT MISSION

Working, biking, drinking beer...

ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm 34 years old, grew up in Berkeley, California. Attended university in Washington, DC and then moved to Leipzig, Germany after graduation. Worked in the States again for two years as a Research Historian. Further studies in Budapest for the year 2009-2010. Lived in Boston for the following four years. Moved to San Diego in fall of 2014. Lifelong vegetarian, vegan for the last seventeen years. Play the viola as a hobby. Craft beer aficionado. That's the rough sketch.

PHILOSOPHY

Read the news.
Run for the bus.
Get enough sleep.

Interests

Vegetarianism, Germany/Central Europe, urban cycling...

Avid beer-drinker and beer-seller. I'm the manager at Bottlecraft North Park, a local specialty beer store and tasting room. If you come stay with us, be prepared to have a beer or two!

Some of my favorite breweries are: Beachwood, North Coast, Boulevard, Duvel Moortgat, Jack's Abby, Founders, Weihenstephaner, Rodenbach, St. Bernardus, Aecht Schlenkerla, De Molen, Evil Twin, Societe, Modern Times, Pizza Port, De Dolle Brouwers, Firestone Walker, The Alchemist, Drie Fonteinen and of course Cantillon.

• diy
• dining
• beer
• vegetarian
• vegan
• running
• drinking
• clubbing
• news
• cycling
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

The Prodigy, Kraftwerk, Le Tigre, Bach, Hindemith, Radiohead, Iggy Pop & David Bowie, Joy Division & New Order, Bartók & Kodály, Portishead, The Kinks, Blondie, Talking Heads, The Organ (and by extension, The Smiths), Aphex Twin & Squarepusher, Nouvelle Vague, Die Goldenen Zitronen, DAF (Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft), Laibach, Egotronic, Das Racist, Wall of Voodoo.

The Big Lebowski, Trainspotting, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, I Heart Huckabees, Fight Club, There Will Be Blood, Coffee & Cigarettes, The Usual Suspects, Head-On (Gegen die Wand), M, Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal. Snow by Orhan Pamuk. The Man in the High Castle & A Scanner Darkly by P.K. Dick. Postwar by Tony Judt. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Narcissus und Goldmund by Hermann Hesse. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain. Safe Area Goražde & The Fixer by Joe Sacco. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. Software/Wetware/Freeware by Rudy Rucker

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Met the leader of the Velvet Revolution and former Czech(oslovak) president Václav Havel in a dark and loud DIY punk club in Washington DC. Chatted with him in English and broken Czech for a few minutes, took a picture and shook his hand. A high point of life so far. RIP Havel.

Teach, Learn, Share

"Rice is a great food when you're hungry and want two thousand of something." -Mitch Hedberg

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Hungary, United States

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