CURRENT MISSION

I want to learn more--about cultural oddities, food preferences, architectural mistakes, historical anomalies, human follies, and human triumphs. And somehow figure out how to use that to live a richer life.

ABOUT ME

Often mistaken as reserved on first acquaintance. Just takes time for my brain to figure out what makes the new person relax and laugh. Then the gears kick in. So I suppose my public personality depends on yours. I can be grave, goofy, or a goody-two-shoes.
Outside the social milieu, I love to read popular fiction, watch good films, write bad poetry, and cook and/or eat a variety of foods. I find most things in life absurd and amusing.

PHILOSOPHY

Be kind, everyone is fighting a battle.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a new member and sadly, have no couch to offer yet. But I'd be happy to answer questions about places I've lived in or my current city/state. I'm also happy to take a visitor to coffee/drink or a meal.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Stayed with a great CS member and his girlfriend in Dundee, Scotland. Was bowled over by their generosity and kindness.

Interests

Traveling, trying new cuisine, learning to play the guitar, discussing Harry Potter...

• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• guitar

Music, Movies, and Books

Arsenic and Old Lace, The Birds, Terminator 2, Lamhe, A Pervert's Guide to Cinema.
Hindi movie soundtracks, Medieval Babes, Carla Bruni, Madonna, Sting
Harry Potter, romance fiction, War and Peace, the Sopranos, I, Lucifer, Charlaine Harris's Harper Connolly series

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Helping some tourists film a shadow puppet strangling movie at night in the haunting/funny Colosseum-like McCaig's tower in Oban, Scotland.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach people rudimentary Hindi and Marathi (and some Shakespeare, if you wished)
I'd like to learn about places people have lived in or traveled to (particularly if they've done so on a budget in Europe)
I can share what I've learned about living in a multicultural society. Also, some of mom's ridiculously fabulous cooking skills

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States