CURRENT MISSION

to experience as much of this planet as i can

ABOUT ME

I'm relatively new to San Francisco and it's a wonderful city. I travel a fair bit for work and can't always host, but I'd love to host if I can.

PHILOSOPHY

life is about the relationships you have with the people around you

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted for three years while I was living in Vancouver, BC. Then I spent some time living in Berlin and visiting couchsurfing friends I had made in Europe. I've recently moved to SF and am now hosting people in this amazing city. I love the idea of couchsurfing and have met some incredible people in the process.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've only couchsurfed a few times, and it was great. I've hosted at least 75 people and had nothing but wonderful experiences.

Interests

being somewhere new, d.i.y., live music, sustainability, coffee, snowboarding, teaching, public transit, lomography, my longboard, buenos aires, berlin, avocados, making seitan, backpacking in colorado, industrial design, screen printing, soldering, cribbage, sewing, b&w photobooths, ice hockey, mopeds

• design
• coffee
• traveling
• music
• live music
• backpacking
• snowboarding
• hockey

Music, Movies, and Books

music: okkervil river, album leaf, belle & sebastian, godspeed you black emperor, sigur ros, hefner, land of talk, broken social scene, bright eyes, neva dinova, wintersleep, iron & wine, the smiths, les savy fav, magnetic fields, port o'brien, rural alberta advantage, the pains of being pure at heart, the knife, camera obscura, pavement, neutral milk hotel, yeasayer, the most serene republic, jolie holland, cat power, bon iver, my morning jacket, elliot smith, cursive, ben folds, ted leo, pedro the lion, the gossip, enon, final fantasy, avett brothers, portugal. the man, q and not u, songs: ohia, ratatat, sunny day real estate, air, zero 7

books: brothers karamazov, franny and zooey, 100 years of solitude, ender's game, freakonomics, 50 facts that should change the world, ishmael, perks of being a wallflower, geography of bliss, fountainhead, middlesex, slaughterhouse 5, end of oil, why i hate canadians, amazing adventures of kavalier and clay, no logo, workers of the world relax, candide, catcher in the rye, martian chronicles, heart of darkness, brave new world, omnivores dilemma, tales of the city, choke, breakfast of champions, me talk pretty one day, fast food nation, dune, chris ware

movies: motorcycle diaries, high fidelity, donnie darko, amelie, grosse pointe blank, falling down, brain candy, eternal sunshine, office space, into the wild, let the right one in, slc punk, american splendor, bottle rocket, spirited away

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i got lost alone on a mountain in japan after dark. this isn't so much amazing as stupid, but i survived and it makes for a good story.

Teach, Learn, Share

when you're traveling don't be in a hurry. traveling isn't about notches in your belt or having your picture taken in front of every statue and old building. traveling is a chance to experience something different and meet different people. all my best travel experiences are when things don't go to plan.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, United States

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