I'm a young professional working in Washington, DC, but travelling a lot for work. It's getting more difficult to meet people out of college/grad school, and I'm at a place where I would really like to hang out with people that I don't have to talk to about work!

Professionally, I'm a bureaucrat covering financial sector and international development. Personally, I have more nerdy pursuits: for example, I can rant for hours about traffic sign typography and wayfinding systems. I watch films about space exploration and still mourn the retirement of Concorde.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people! I'm always happy to show you around Washington; or to meet for a drink in one of those random places I visit for work or for fun.

Recently I've been feeling really bad about not having seen much of the US outside the Northeast, despite having lived in the country for a few years. I may be therefore trying to meet up with people from the South/Southwest—hope I don't come across creepy!

Interests

• books
• architecture
• acting
• history
• languages
• squash
• typography
• airplanes
• trains
• world cinema

Music, Movies, and Books

I spent a week of holidays in Algeria purely because of being fascinated Camus in high school (I think that may mean I'm really old).

I'm a great fan of good graphic novels, particularly inspired by real events (like Joe Sacco, but not necessarily purely documentary—"The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye" has been the best thing I read over the last couple years).

Good British TV: "The Fall" is the last thing I binge-watched pretty much overnight.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm boringly un-amazing :(

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Algeria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bangladesh, France, Netherlands, United States