I'm very easy to get along with and very inquisitive and open-minded. I'm from Seattle, Washington but now I live in Austin, Texas. I am a bartender and co-manager at a little neighborhood craft cocktail bar where I really value the conversations I have there and getting creative with drinks. I also love art and have worked in museums and galleries. I write a little poetry too.

I am going to Amsterdam to participate in an educational program through the United States Bartenders Guild. After the program ends I will be staying in the Amsterdam area on my own for four nights.

And, as an American traveling internationally in 2019, I want to clarify that I 100% DO NOT support the current U.S. president, it's all very embarrassing and distressing.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want to couchsurf because I value being able to interact and stay with someone who is a local. One of the best parts of traveling is cultural exchange. I am also of course traveling on a budget.

I live in a tiny one-room apartment so unfortunately I can't host couchsurfers myself yet. Someday!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had great experiences couchsurfing in Berlin. Also I used "hangouts" to meet up with a few people while I was there.

Interessen

I love art and museums and want to learn forever. I'm energized by being in nature and like going on little hikes whenever I have time. Here in Austin, Texas we have lots of rivers and cacti and short trees but I miss the tall Evergreens of the Seattle area and the big expanses of water.

Of course I love traveling. I taught English in rural Thailand for two months, and have spent time in Berlin, Greece, Guatemala, Spain and Paris. I've been to Amsterdam once before for a couple of days and am so looking forward to returning and going back to the Stedelijk! One of my favorite pieces of art is there - "The Beanery" by Ed Keinholtz.

• contemporary art
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• volunteering
• linguistics
• social justice
• film
• art museums
• art galleries

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Movies: Grey Gardens, Singles, Velvet Goldmine, Deathproof. The Coen Brothers. Documentaries!

Music: Radiohead, Joy Division, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pixies, Crystal Stilts, Neil Young, A Place to Bury Strangers, the Growlers, the Black Angels

Books: East of Eden, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, The Stranger, Downtown Owl, anything by Raymond Carver.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I volunteered at an animal rehabilitation center in the forests of northern Guatemala, helping to take care of rescued and injured wild animals. I met lots of other volunteers from all over the world, fed a lot of parrots and monkeys, and got really dirty.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I can teach you bartending tricks to impress your friends when you have them over for drinks!

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Thailand