CURRENT MISSION

Creating new adventures for me and my boyfriend, Ken

ABOUT ME

I work at a startup doing marketing and spend most of my free time with my boyfriend, Ken, our dog, Newkie, and Ken's kiddos. I occasionally help organize Startup Weekend San Diego and sometimes travel to facilitate Startup Weekends in other cities.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've hosted a few people but not really surfed a whole lot myself. I can sometimes host a couchsurfer, but not often nowadays.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed my cousins' place... and that's about it :)

Interests

the Chicago Cubs, live music, trying new food and drink, brewing cider

• writing
• reading
• traveling
• hockey
• volleyball
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Spoon, The Shins, The Wallflowers, Miike Snow, Arctic Monkeys, Gregory Alan Isakov, Josh Ritter, OK Go,

Movies: The Darjeeling Limited, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Office Space, Guardians of the Galaxy, About a Boy, My Life as a Dog

Books: Q&A by Vikas Swarup, Naive. Super by Erlend Loe

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a Christmas in Paris one year and that was absolutely amazing. I also saw the King of Sweden when Uppsala coronated its current archbishop in the Church of Sweden.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sweden, United States