I bike and cook a lot. After college (Alfred University- Psychology) I started cooking in restaurants and then before long I also started biking long distances. Sometimes I'll write or make art (usually clay sculpture). This year I spent the Spring cooking on a tall-ship on the Hudson river, and have been traveling and volunteering around the Pacific Northwest. Last year I tried living near Seattle, house-sitting and making sauerkraut, then tried Ojai, CA, gardening and taking Theosophical classes and making soap, then briefly tried living at a Zen monastery. Year before, I biked from New York to Minneapolis, then spent five weeks on Orcas Island working at a Theosophical camp. I also went vegan at the beginning of that trip. The previous year I biked the whole New England coast to the end of Maine and back, and also biked from Vancouver to the middle of Oregon, and Northern Mississippi to Western Florida. And the year before that I took a leap of faith and went out to Vancouver to start my first bike trip to points unknown- I ended up in Mexico three months later.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I normally use Warm Showers.org during my bike trips, but Couchsurfing came first for me- they're both ways to break down barriers. I couch-surfed a lot in 2012 when I spent a month hopping around Europe.

I also like to host, but have only been able to do so rarely, so please don't hesitate to send a request. I'd love to help however I can.

Interests

travel, cycling,
art, music,
food, cooking,
reading, writing,
religion, philosophy, spirituality

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, folk, instrumental, classical, indie, blues, americana

Tampopo, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Motorcycle Diaries, The Brothers Bloom, The Life Aquatic, Intouchables, Departures, Beginners, Miyazaki's animated films (Spirited Away), Samsara, Baraka, Michael Moore docs

Hermann Hesse, Kurt Vonnegut, Haruki Murakami, How to Cook Your Life, Writing Down the Bones

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited Haiti several times with dozens of chiropractors to adjust everyone in sight.

Teach, Learn, Share

"The beloved that you seek is none other than yourself...Wisdom and compassion are the components of your actual identity...You have never made a mistake...You are not your thoughts...No one can affirm you or define you...You are perfect...The Buddha is in you...Clinging and grasping cause suffering...Life is impermanent, groundless, and fluid...Anxiety arises from resistance"

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm happy to cook and share some stories. I can also help with almost any sort of troubleshooting or repairs that might be needed, whether internal or external, mechanical or digital, physical, social, or mental, or even just some elbow grease.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, Haiti, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cyprus, United States