I am very outgoing and social. I love dancing, cultural experiences, history, and music. I love exploring cities, learning new things, and trying new things. Currently I'm a self-employed piano teacher. I'm writing song material for a musical album I will be producing! In 2014 I adopted the goal of hiking all 48 4000 foot mountains in New Hampshire and tackled 9 of them during the summer. I wonder how many I'll do this summer? Let me know if you want to join me!

My favorite travel experiences have included swimming on a roof deck and staying up until 5am in Nashville crashing on someone's couch when I got locked out of my hotel, staying in the heart of an all African American community in Brooklyn, clubbing in the middle of nowhere in Alabama, hiking with a bunch of guys in New Hampshire, getting an insider's tour of Dreamworks studio, partying in a private club in Brooklyn with my friend DJing, going to an authentic Malaysian restaurant with my Malaysian friend for Chinese New Year, and exploring speakeasies in Manhattan with my Ugandan friend.

I am always up for any new experience, trying unique food, exploring unusual places, meeting people from other parts of the world, and trying new activities!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing because I love meeting new people when I travel and I also love hosting people. The hotel traveling experience is never as authentic as staying in people's homes and learning what the locals do.

Interests

I love music, playing piano, writing songs, sewing, designing clothes, painting (artistically), museums, dancing, trying new food, experiencing good night life, watching good bands and DJs, walking, biking, hiking, swimming, writing, exploring, photography, playing games, going to the beach, meeting new people, discussing ideas, and just chillin.

• writing
• photography
• chinese new year
• dancing
• dining
• walking
• partying
• clubbing
• clothing
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• music
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• swimming
• teaching
• history
• tourism
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music is a huge part of my life and I could go on and on about it. I mainly like indie electronic music, but I also like music from all other genres. These are just some of my favorite highlights:
Foster the People, Odesza, Lorde, OneRepublic, Benny Goodman, the Doors, Tchaikovsky, Naughty Boy, Oh Wonder, Lido, A-Trak, Taylor Swift, Lecrae, Sam Smith, Disclosure, A$AP Rocky, Lana Del Rey, Steve Miller Band, Vanic, K.Flav, Avicii, Banks, Brika, Macklemore, Dave Matthews Band, Calvin Harris, Milky Chance, Alanis Morissette, Vivaldi, Skrillex, Tal & Acacia, Zedd, Swedish House Mafia, The Neighbourhood, Marian Hill, Duke Dumont, Florence & the Machine, HALSEY, Clean Bandit, Jessie Ware, Gramatik, and Klangkarussell

I love anything written by Francine Rivers, Malcolm Gladwell, and Chris Guillebeau. Some of my other favorite books are Drive by Daniel Pink, The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin, God In A Brothel by Daniel Walker, Everything That Remains by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson, Mamalita by Jessica O’Dwyer, Little Princes by Conor Grennan, The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson, They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children by Romeo Dallaire, Learning to Die in Miami by Carlos Eire, and Global Girlfriends by Stacey Edgar

I don't want a lot of movies, but some that I've really enjoyed are Big Eyes, Interstellar, Bella, It's A Wonderful Life, Warhorse, The Monuments Men, The Queen, Philomena, Wall-E, Amazing Grace, Pride & Prejudice, Inception, and Lord of the Rings.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked 9 4000 foot mountains in three months!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm the best unofficial tour guide of the North Shore of Boston and New Hampshire coastal area and love showing people around to all the tourist sites and hidden gems of the city.