CURRENT MISSION

To open my mind and yours, and have a good time!

ABOUT ME

I'm addicted to laughing and funny situations, even the awkward, uncomfortable ones (maybe that's one of the reasons I love to travel). I manage a research lab doing top secret research, and I teach yoga classes at a studio and a domestic violence shelter. I never met a vegetable I didn't like, though I do play favorites.

PHILOSOPHY

Music sets the soul free. As do laughter and dancing.
Nothing is "good" or "bad"... it just is.
Treat yourself well!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been an Atlanta tour guide/host for about 4 years, and I'm getting involved in the Atlanta CS network. I also studied for 6 months in Aalborg, Denmark where I hosted two people and couchsurfed for the first (and second) time. I will cook food for you, do yoga with you in a park, go dancing, ride around the city on bikes with you, whatever floats your boat. New experiences, good conversation, and respect are all I ask for.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not a bad experience yet!

Interests

I love yoga, my job and my cat, enjoying coffee and beer, making coffee and beer, cooking (especially for other people), dancing, reading, riding my bike, swimming, being in new (and sometimes weird) environments, traveling, finding another sweet niche in Atlanta, watching good movies, sleeping, playing apples to apples, brushing my teeth, doing cartwheels, introducing people to new music, being introduced to new music, teaching tolerance and the power of words, meeting people, enjoying how beautiful, intelligent, and open-minded my friends and family are, and sharing their wonderful company with other people!

• cats
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• yoga
• boating
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• swimming
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

School of Seven Bells, Dr. Dog, David Bowie, Air, Bonobo, Sleep, Radiohead, Incubus, Go! Team, Queen, TV on the Radio, Ella and Louis, bollywood, the Beatles, Magnetic Man, Birdy Nam Nam, Portishead, RJD2, Lil Wayne, Blockhead, Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun, Brazilian Girls, Sleighbells, Bassnectar, This Piano Plays Itself, Stars, Grizzly Bear, Beck, Gorillaz, Beirut, Pixies, Jaws, all zombie-related movies (comedy and social commentary alike), pretty much any cheesy sci-fi man-eating monster movie (Alien, Predator, Anaconda, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, etc), Garden State, The Dark Knight, Atlantis, Pride and Prejudice, Stardust, Amelie, Super Troopers, Monsters Inc, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (the book), The Princess Bride (the book and the movie), Siddhartha, Song of Solomon, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Welcome to the Monkeyhouse, Choke, The Dogs of Babel, 1984, The Time Traveler's Wife, everything Thomas Pynchon, Light on Yoga, World War Z, Fun Home, the Walking Dead comics, everything by F Scott Fitzgerald, and of course Harry Potter.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I took a cruise on the Sognefjord in Norway. Laerdal is one of the most amazing places I've ever been to.

Teach, Learn, Share

Meeting people through CS brings awareness to how similar we all are and how arbitrary our differences really are. There is something special and intimate about the people you meet, an understanding that's hard to explain to a non-surfer. You know?
Plus, it's so fun! Why wouldn't you want to travel the world and meet people who can show you a good time?!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Denmark, France, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, United States

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