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Overview

  • 9 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Hebrew (modern)
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • student right now
  • attending stanford university
  • From Portland, OR
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

figure out how i want to spend my life, basically. trying to balance everything, be the change, find and enjoy the meaningful things in life

ABOUT ME

i'm finally back at stanford, after an amazing year of travel, work, and new experiences. it's nice to have a bit of stability again. i love wine, books, traveling, hole-in-the-wall coffee shops, art of all sorts, music, the color orange, board games, etc.

PHILOSOPHY

NO PANTS!

No, but seriously, keeping in touch with my “inner child”. Laughing as often as possible. Being a “yes” person. Living with wonder.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

by being good company and hosting good company. spreading the word of CS.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Friends and I recently went to a wine tasting festival in Jerusalem. Since we live in Tel Aviv we just went with the idea that we would meet some people there throughout the night and hopefully be invited to crash on their couches.

We ended up accompanying our wine tasting teacher home to his sweet apartment, where we stayed with him and his roommate who looked exactly like The Dude from The Big Lebowski. It was the best night.

Interests

traveling, learning Hebrew, couch surfing (duh), art, Bikram Yoga, bicycles, music and concerts, good food, wine and beer!

  • arts
  • books
  • coloring
  • concerts
  • festivals
  • dining
  • wine
  • beer
  • coffee
  • wine tasting
  • yoga
  • board games
  • traveling
  • music
  • surfing
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: i don't watch too many, because i fall asleep :). i like Wayne's World, The Puffy Chair, The Science of Sleep, all those Judd Apatow kicks, Milk

books/authors:
Italo Calvino, Toni Morrison, david foster wallace, haruki murakami, NABOKOV, Albert Camus, richard wallace.

Music:
last.fm/user/helllz
i love music.

BEYONCE. BEYONCE. BEYONCE. Drake.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i shook obama's hand, that was really sweet. and i sat next to jonah hill on an airplane but that was not as cool because his rear was invading my seat and he snored. infinitely less cool was meeting george w. bush 4 years ago, though the white house was awesome.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Ecuador, Greece, Israel, Italy, Palestine, Russian Federation, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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