I was born in Riverside, CA where I lived most of my life, except for a year long stint in Seattle until I moved to New Haven, CT in 2014. I'm a Californian forever who's come to love the east coast.

I like being happy around other happy people and I am genuinely interested in just about everything and everyone under the sun.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Honestly, I'm here because my friends asked me to signup so that I could help them host people for their event.

I wouldn't have signed up though if the idea of opening up my home to people didn't appeal to me. I think it's a fantastically special way to meet new people and learn about the world.

兴趣

My largest hobby is my job - programming and software development.

My second largest is woodworking, specifically with hand tools. Once upon a time I had a three car garage with a power tool heavy shop and my move to New Haven and the loss of space forced me to rediscover the hobby in a new way, relying heavily on hand tools and traditional methods.

Then, there's music and beer and cooking and travel and reading and yoyos and well, I happen to just be interested in everything.

• writing
• cooking
• beer
• reading
• woodworking
• music
• travel
• programming
• standup jetskis
• yoyos

音乐、电影和书籍

I love most music and I am a huge Spotify addict. I also hit live shows pretty regularly. Listening to music consumes most of my ears' time.

https://open.spotify.com/user/jlewalle

I do read a lot, but it tends to happen in bursts where I switch between fiction and non-fiction. A favorite book is hard. Lists of favorites are hard in general for me, as you can see.

My favorite movies are probably Almost Famous, Forest Gump, Black Snake Moan and Man on Fire. This is one area where I feel confident enough to actually create a list.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I feel like I'd have to be pretty fast and loose with the word amazing to answer this one.

教，学，和分享

If I host you and you're interested I'll teach you how to hand cut dovetails. Or, maybe a simple yoyo trick?

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Dominica, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Scotland, South Korea, Switzerland