Let's exchange travel tales and make the world smaller.

As a host, my partner and I love getting to share our humble space and hear humanity's many perspectives. It's fun to help curate activities while folks visit.

As a guest, it's always beautiful social experiment.
There's so much gratitude and humbleness that comes from accepting sanctuary from a new person, and it makes me have faith in humanity in a profound way.

I am an illustrator and singer-songwriter (music/art at www.junebunch.com) who often plays around town and collects spiffy brewery nooks and secret bookstore gems around the city. Because I work at an art center, I'll be the first to tell you the list of endless St. Pete galleries and museums!

My partner and I are avid outdoors folks and would love to share the best places to kayak or wander around - be it in the canopies of mangroves or in the ancient live-oaks.

Expect a:
tacky-joke queen
cafe doodle addict.
dad-dance-move mastermind
sincere conversationalist
impromptu singer-songwriter
experimental kitchen aid
morning yoga enthusiast :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because it gives me a spark of hope in humanity:
As a host, it brings travel to you.
As a guest, it gives you a feeling of home.

"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it"
-Mahatma Gandhi

"Instead of trying to convince people to try new things, try to find people who area already doing new things"
- A. S. C. Wall

Interests

My little band! Coordinating meet-ups for singer-songwriter circles. Open Mics and house shows. Outdoor activities. Flash mobs, camping, rooftop picnicking. Galleries and hole-in-the-wall restaurants. secret handshakes.

• arts
• singing
• dining
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• camping
• journalism
• illustration

Music, Movies, and Books

From funk to classic, folk to whatever. Especially if you can dance to it.

Music: Amy Winehouse, Tom Waits, Rubblebucket, The Avett Brothers, Mountain Goats, The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, Punch Brothers, The Civil Wars, Oh Hellos, Mumford and Sons, Radical Face, Shovels & Rope, Neutral Milk Hotel, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Bright Eyes, Cold War Kids, The Front Bottoms, Arctic Monkeys, Hot Hot Heat, Hellogoodbye, Flaming Lips, Cake, Beirut, Phox, First Aid Kit, The Do, Bon Iver, Fiona Apple, Gogol Bordello, Rodney Watson and the Business, The Weeks, Jr. Astronomers, White Stripes, Vampire Weekend, The Kills, Manchester Orchestra, Of Montreal, Black Keys, Radiohead, Imogen Heap, St. Vincent, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, James Brown, BB King, Duke Ellington, Beethoven, Mozart, Explosions in the Sky,

Books: Anything Hemingway, Kerouac, Vonnegut, Bukowski, Rumi, e.e. cummings, Emerson and Thoreau. Wildflower/foraging reference materials. National Park guides. 100 Years of Solitude, We, Wild, A Walk in the Woods, Cloud Atlas, Anansi Boys, Joy Luck Club, Into the Wild, The Glass House

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I took 6 months to wander the U.S. after graduation and couch surfed pretty much the whole way through- we camped in the Utah deserts for a week and rock climbed until we ran out of water once, that was pretty enchanting. We picked up a street performer and drove him all the way from Santa Cruz, CA to Grants Pass, OR and he sang song with us the whole way. :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I learn from everyone. I get a great deal of pleasure exchanging stories with people I come across. You learn a lot about the specks of life that you otherwise would've overlooked.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Philosophy rants, funky tunes, tasty food and loads of places to cram time into.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Panama, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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