CURRENT MISSION

See new places in Western Europe. Meet new friends. Share good memories.

ABOUT ME

I am a 24 year old working and living in Chicago, IL. I live on the North side of the city and have lived in Chicago for 6 years. I studied religious studies for my undergraduate education but ended up working in business instead of pursuing further schooling in religion. The things I value most are relationships and the arts. I want to see and experience as much beauty as possible in my life and find immense beauty through art and relationships. I am a deeply spiritual person but not religious and not judgmental of those who aren't. I have been working in the Real Estate business for the last two years and just accepted a partnership with a new brokerage that specializes in purchasing apartment buildings to manage and eventually sell. I put off starting until December so I could do a bit of traveling and hopefully make it to some new cities and countries in Europe.

PHILOSOPHY

When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

-Mary Oliver

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None so far! This is my first trip where I'll be using couchsurfing.org. Some close friends of mine, highly recommended joining.....Going to begin to host when I get back. Ive traveled through Europe a few times but have always stayed in hotels or with friends.

Interests

people. music. poetry. tennis. good wine. whiskey. architecture. golf. food. beaches. bodies of water. reading. writing.

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• architecture
• beauty
• education
• dining
• wine
• reading
• traveling
• music
• tennis
• golf
• business
• teaching
• religion
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: No Country For Old Men, Good Will Hunting, anything Paul Thomas Anderson (particularly Magnolia and There Will Be Blood)

Music: Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, Sara Groves, Bon Iver, John Mayer

Books: Of Mice and Men, A Severe Mercy, Slaughterhouse V, The Pearl

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cayman Islands, Germany, Haiti, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Palestine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States