True romantic, adventurer, travel junkie, cigar and scotch aficionado, craft beer drinker, coffee nerd, social entrepreneur, life long learner, brain cancer survivor, sports fan, foodie, cultural anthropologist, art lover, people person, and all around optimist.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Love meeting new people, living like a local, and minimalist traveling.

Interests

• arts
• culture
• photography
• humanitarian relief
• coffee
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• minimalism
• outdoor activities
• baseball
• entrepreneurship
• craft beer
• museums
• water
• startups
• charity
• ted talks
• cigars
• scotch
• social entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to list...

BOOKS: Don Quixote, Start With Why, The One Thing, Culture Code, On Beauty and Being Just, Renaissance, Plato’s Republic, Amusing Ourselves To Death, Let My People Go Surfing, The Artisan Soul...

MOVIES: The Aviator, Her, Steve Jobs, The Thousand Foot Journey, Life of Pi, 42, Lincoln, Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Frank and Ollie, Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura, School for Scoundrels, A Few Good Men, Good Will Hunting...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Survived Brain Cancer... swam in the Nile.

What I Can Share with Hosts

It’s hard to answer this in a simple statement. I’m an open book. I have a global perspective, lots of life experience, and am a collector of random facts... so, coffee, conversation, and a book swap is always interesting. Let’s start with that.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cuba, Haiti, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, Uganda, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Uganda, United States