CURRENT MISSION

Host once I have my own apartment! Also to take a Southeast Asia trip.

ABOUT ME

I am currently a college student studying Accounting and Business at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. I'm originally from Long Island, New York where I grew up very much on and around the water. I immensely enjoy travelling and meeting new people, I always strive to keep an open mind, and there are very few people that I am unable to get along with!

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live!

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." -Ernest Hemingway

"Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God." -Kurt Vonnegut

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different." -Kurt Vonnegut

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am a student travelling abroad so at the moment I am participating in surfing (but also mean to get involved with more local events). However, upon my return to the states, I plan on hosting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Absolutely positive and wonderful. I have surfed a few couches thus far and everyone I have met has been kind, welcoming, friendly, and genuinely interesting to meet and get to know

Interests

Include: music, good food and drink, skiing, swimming, badminton, reading, and films.

• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• skiing
• swimming
• badminton
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite genre of music would have to be 80's and new wave including: Blondie, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, and many more. I also really enjoy Jazz, my favorite being late 50's early 60's cool jazz and bossa nova like: Stan Getz, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, and Mingus- but really I love it all. I read quite a bit and some of my favorite authors include Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, Carson McCullers, Kurt Vonnegut, Bukowski, and Tom Wolfe. I would say my top favorite books are: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Atlas Shrugged, A Farewell to Arms, Breakfast of Champions, and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. I absolutely love movies- too many to list! But I always enjoy anything with Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Vincent Price, or Paul Giamatti.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Surfing in Hawaii
-Biking around the coast of the Dingle Peninsula on the Ring of Kerry in Ireland
-Skiing NY state
-Hiking at Mohunk in the Catskills of New York

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a decent cook, play a few instruments, and ski well!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, United States