CURRENT MISSION

To visit the weird, cooky destinations & people The United States is filled with

ABOUT ME

Jessica: I grew up in Laguna Beach, CA and then moved to Seattle when I was 18 to attend The Art Institute in Fashion Marketing. I am an aspiring entrepreneur who would like to one day own my own boutique! I am also interested in Art Therapy.

Orlando: I moved to Seattle from Arlington, TX, my birthplace, when I was 19. I moved here to expand my horizons and understand myself a little better. I live for fashion, big hair and vintage glasses. When I am not serving coffee with a smile, I am in my studio making art or writing. I aspire to one day be an actor or writer.

With our powers combined we form, Jewlando!! We have a love for travel, good food, kittens, art, culture, nightlife and magic! We also have an enormous, insatiable need for meeting new, exciting and adventurous people! Woohoo!

PHILOSOPHY

"To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people, and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics, and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch... to know even when life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!"

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We are currently traveling around the nation in my Honda Civic and have been couch surfing every where we can. Once we have both settled down again in some city...some where...we plan on hosting surfers! We mention couch surfing whenever possible and we have been working on getting friends and family to sign up!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far we have couch surfed twice...but we have a great line up of host in the near future. We have only had positive experiences so far and we are excited about the new ones to come. Couch surfing is such a great way to get introduced to a new city

Interests

Travel, good food, kittens, art, culture, nightlife, magic, taking pictures, collecting trinkets, making arts and crafts, taxidermy, chickens, falling leaves, tourist traps, ghost towns, vegan strip clubs, cheese, our virgin de guadalupe, musicals, gay foreign films, people watching, the name game, virginia woolfe, cooking, goodwill, dancing, getting freaky, being freak shows, syking people out, laughing and fashion!

• chickens
• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• fashion
• acting
• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• cheese
• coffee
• vegan
• nightlife
• clubbing
• crafts
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• magic
• surfing
• entrepreneurship
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

NEVER BEEN KISSED, Babel, Amelie, The Fountain, Lord of the Rings, Harold and Maude, Benny and June, Henry and June, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Marie Antionette, The Graduate, The Harry Potter films, HARRY POTTER MAGICCC, Puppy Love, STARWARZZZZ, Velvet Goldmine, Happiness, Home movies, The Dark Knight, The Royal Tenenbaums, Baraka, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly.

Arcade Fire, Joanna Newsom, Joni Mitchell, HARRY POTTER, Regina Spektor, GodspeedYouBlackEmperor!, Fleetfoxes, Devendra Banhart, Bob Dylan, Stereolab, Of Montreal, The Smiths, FLEETWOODMACCCC, Blondie, ABBA, Heart, Andrew Bird, Architecture in Helsinki, Kaki King, The French Kicks, Deartick, Horsefeathers, M.Ward, She and Him, The Monsters of Folk, Cat Stevens, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Nico, Karen Dalton, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Books.

The Bell Jar, Alice Sebold books, Harry Potter, Jitterbug Perfume, Lolita, Shes Come Undone, Orlando, The Dictionary, Cronopios and Famas, Edgar Allen Poe, Shakespeare, Stiff, No One Belongs Here More Than You, Men to Match My Mountains, Stuff on My Cats, Moot Points

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We can't pick one yet but after our trip I'm sure we'll have much to write in this slot.

Teach, Learn, Share

We want to teach others about art and art appreciation, dream interpretations, how to smile with your eyes, how to relax, live in the now, live the life you've always wanted to live and how to listen.

We would love to learn anything anyone has to offer us. We are an open book. We would love to learn about you and the way you live.

Countries I’ve Visited

Italy, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States