CURRENT MISSION

livin'

ABOUT ME

Family. Friends. Food. Wine. Dance. Books. Music. Movies. Yoga.

Is there anymore to a good life?

PHILOSOPHY

"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
- Henry David Thoreau

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm just interested in meeting other awesome people wherever I go!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

May 2009 - Surfed with Natasha in London for a few nights! What a rad girl!

October 2009 - Italian dude Andrea surfed my couch in Baltimore for a couple of nights.

November 2009 - British dudes Maxim and Luke surfed my couch in Baltimore for 2 nights.

Interests

montmartre, laughing until you cry, thrift stores, yoga, hammams, kayaking, tea, live music, drum circles, bonfires, hammocks, lightning storms on the beach, waves, clear water, slight breezes, the sting of a sun burn, margaritas, spinning, camping with little to nothing, old photographs, pottery, antique jewelry, bargaining in the middle east, arabic, warm sand, light rains, rainforests, solar panels, used books, string instruments, bike rides, peanut butter, colorful fabrics, making up stories, kindness, old growth trees, honey, love letters, cuddling, pirates, blankets, outside showers, parties, singing, nostalgia, the ballad of jack & rose, producing beautiful language, reinventing myself, childhood, celebrations, farms, roasted chickpeas, peanut butter soyshakes, making a difference, smiles, being loved, loving, kissing, sunrises, silhouettes, shakespeare, morocco, homemade bread, traveling, tea parties, sunsets, telling ghost stories, mesmerizing beats, my grandfather's hat, late night ocean dips, backpacking, sailboats, dancing around a fire, mangoes, limes, native american culture, sand in my hair, road trips, sushi, that second when you see your loves for the first time in a long time, bear hugs, thoreau, french, exploring, taking that chance, solitude, company, red red wine, the middle east, being alive, summer, ferries, and most importantly, the sea.

• culture
• books
• singing
• dancing
• dining
• wine
• red wine
• yoga
• partying
• thrifting
• movies
• traveling
• pottery
• music
• live music
• cycling
• backpacking
• kayaking
• camping
• road trips
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Bands: bon iver, blind pilot, jimi hendrix, the white stripes, modest mouse, minus the bear, led zeppelin, sufjan stevens, bob marley, the beatles, simon and garfunkel, joan baez, bob dylan, billie holiday, ray charles, we are trees, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, ocms.

Books: count of monte cristo, the perks of being a wallflower, a tale of two cities, one hundred years of solitude, atlas shrugged, slaughterhouse five, 1984, a light in the attic, harry potter, peter pan, uncle tom's cabin, les miserables, on the road, the subterraneans, the dharma bums, the motorcycle diaries, the razor's edge, the fountainhead, art and lies, time's arrow, walden, the monkeywrench gang.

movies: beasts of the southern wild, true grit, lawrence of arabia, the wind and the lion, the salton sea, wet hot american summer, blazing saddles, the comic, trainspotting, american beauty, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, casablanca, ali zaoua, the graduate, superbad, pi, office space, clerks, monty python's meaning of life, hot fuzz, the royal tenanbaums, darjeeling limited, pulp fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cycling from Galway to the Aran Islands (Ireland) and sleeping outside with nothing but vodka to keep me warm.

Teach, Learn, Share

Genuine interest

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States