I am an easygoing Seattleite turned Nashvillian. I enjoy teaching/playing the piano, singing, songwriting, writing, journaling, reading, cinema, running, photography, learning, meeting new people, art, acting, minimalism, tiny homes, being a pescatarian, travel, live concerts, live theatre, cooking and foodie-ing. I studied in London and in Florence, Italy in college. I am an Enneagram nine, a Gemini/cusp Cancer and an ENFP. I own a lime green car named Zuzu.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To save money during travel while meeting awesome locals who want to introduce me to their beautiful city and what it has to offer! I would also love to meet up with fellow travelers and explore together!

Interests

• singing
• theater
• photography
• acting
• cooking
• running
• reading
• minimalism
• live music
• piano
• teaching
• journalism
• cinema
• reading books
• meeting people
• museums
• foodie
• tiny houses
• london
• meeting new people
• journeys
• iceland
• norway
• vegan cooking
• live concerts
• songwriting
• healthy cooking
• florence
• enneagram
• pescatarian

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
One Republic, Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, ZZ Ward, Tristan Prettyman, Muse, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, The Pentatonix, Sarah Bareilles, Niall Horan, Portugal. The Man, Moon Taxi, alt-J, Rascal Flatts, The Black Keys, Chopin, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Gershwin, Aaron Copeland, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Phillip Phillips, Christina Perri, Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry, John Legend, Amy Winehouse, Sara Beck, Young the Giant, Keith Urban, Rag'n'Bone Man, Kodaline, Churchill, Imagine Dragons, Mumford and Sons, First Aid Kit, A Great Big World, Maclemore, Cake, Johnnyswim, Ray Lamontagne, The Fray, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Ben Harper, The Script, Maroon 5, Renee Olstead, Benny Goodman, The Piano Guys, Lindsey Stirling.

Shows:
Game of Thrones, Bates Motel, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Chuck, The Mentalist, Castle, Psych, Monk, White Collar, Suits, How to Get Away with Murder, Once Upon a Time, Nashville, The Man in the High Castle, The Flash, Big Little Lies, The Killing, Westworld, American Horror Story, Legion, Sherlock, Rome, The Tudors, Stranger Things, Downton Abbey, John Adams, Till Debt Do Us Part, Grimm, Pushing Daisies

Movies: The Wizard of Oz, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, The Greatest Showman, The Shape of Water, Rebecca, Psycho, North By Northwest, Shadow of a Doubt, To Catch a Thief, Dial M for Murder, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Mary Poppins, Easter Parade, You've Got Mail, High Society, Rebel Without a Cause, Source Code, Gaslight, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream Home, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Charade, The Great Escape, Les Miserables, Pearl Harbor, Shakespeare in Love, Paycheck, The Young Victoria, School of Rock, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, August Rush, Ray, Once, Shine, The Village, Lady in the Water, Hot Fuzz, Mission Impossible, Black Panther, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Wonder Woman, Doctor Strange, Spider Man: Homecoming, The Devil Wears Prada, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Anne of Green Gables, Singin' in the Rain, Monsters, Inc., The Illusionist, Miss Congeniality, Legally Blonde, While You Were Sleeping, Little Women, Cinema Paradiso, The Shawshank Redemption, Wonder, Lincoln, The Big Sick, Begin Again, Get Out, Inception, Life is Beautiful, Jurassic Park, Oceans 11, The Italian Job, Sahara, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Enough, The Blind Side, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, In a World, Hidden Figures, Remember the Titans, Rudy, The Princess Bride, Splendor in the Grass, The Pianist, Cabin in the Woods, Inside Out, V for Vendetta, What About Bob?, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, The King's Speech, The Pursuit of Happyness, Pitch Perfect, Back to the Future, Now You See Me, Crash, Silver Lining's Playbook, The Help, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, White Christmas, Holiday Inn, How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Books: Harry Potter Series, All Souls Trilogy (A Discovery of Witches), Game of Thrones Series, Lisbeth Salander/Millennium Trilogy, Percy Jackson and The Olympians Series, Nancy Drew Series, Divergent Series, Hunger Games Series, The Chronicles of Narnia Series, Anything by Kate Morton (especially The Forgotten Garden and The Lake House), The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Where'd You Go, Bernadette, The Notebook, The Fault in Our Stars, Austenland, Yes Man, The Book Thief, Crazy Sexy Diet, Big Magic, Rising Strong, Find Your Strongest Life, Big Little Lies, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Dracula, Silver Linings Playbook, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Shack, Illusion, The Girl On the Train, Before I Fall Asleep, The Glass Castle, Half Broke Horses, Bird By Bird, Eat, Pray, Love, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, David and Goliath (Malcolm Gladwell), The Five Love Languages, Blue Like Jazz, The Richest Man in Babylon, 48 Days to the Work You Love, Eats, Shoots & Leaves, The Four Tendencies, Better Than Before, Now, Discover Your Strengths, Start, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, The 4-Hour Workweek, The Alchemist, Why Does He Do That?, The Road Back to You, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, The Slight Edge, How to Win Friends and Influence People, The More of Less, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Boundaries, Deep Work, The War of Art, The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, The Bible

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Since moving to Nashville, I've released several albums (under my stage name, Jackie Gray) and one of my songs has made it to over 650,000 listens on Spotify!

Teach, Learn, Share

Music, piano, songwriting, cooking, photography.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Friendship, a listening ear, eagerness to explore their country, help in the kitchen and with watching kids.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, Dominican Republic, England, Germany, Iceland, Jamaica, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States