CURRENT MISSION

Meet our neighbors.

ABOUT ME

helloOo!

we are Brad + Lindsey Jo. we were married in January 2014 and currently live with our cat, Kitty (clever, huh?) in Akron, Ohio.

Brad works as a 10th grade history teacher and Lindsey Jo works from home as an artist and entrepreneur with the fair trade company, Trades of Hope. she also works as a part time yoga instructor. together, we are a couple of nerds who like to bike in the warmer weather and watch movies with wine when it's cold. Brad is a crafty maker of home brewed beers and Lindsey Jo is a maker of all things crafty at home.

we most enjoy cooking for friends and sharing stories with guests. sometimes, we play board games and smoke cigars like a couple of old folks in love. we love music too.

Lindsey Jo is an INFP, enneagram 4.
Brad is an ENFJ, enneagram 2.
If you know what this means, we are going to get along so great. If not, that's ok too.

PHILOSOPHY

"€œNo, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to fall in love, has to memorize poems, has to jump off bridges into rivers, has to stand in an empty desert and whisper sonnets under his breath... We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. "-Donald Miller

we are committed to living in a perpetual state of wonder because we
believe the world is always full with the hope of newness.

we are committed to living life with eyes wide open because
we miss out if we don't pay attention.

we strongly support random, joyous, spontaneous dancing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Lindsey Jo has couch surfed in Portland, Oregon, in Arizona while on mission to hike the Grand Canyon and in New York City with her best friend, Carly.

together, we have traveled with Couchsurfing to Pittsburgh, Chicago and Chattanooga, Tennessee.

in the summer of 2014, we went on a rad grand adventure/ honeymoon cross country via train! we saw so many beautiful sites and states and stopped in San Fran, SoCal, Flagstaff, and Taos in New Mexico.

Interests

tea.coffee. starry skies. books!!! garden. travel. beer. drums. banjo. forests. folk music. jazz music. reggae music. bluegrass music. God. the colorful world, summertime. being barefoot. bike rides, biking everywhere, mountains, river, ocean. vegetarian food. lazy afternoons. art making. music making. making. dance. party. herbs. yoga. cooking.politics. hiking. twinkle lights. autumn. feeling cozy. movies. photography. psychology. finger painting. jam sessions. community. homebrewed beverages. chilaxin. pastries. pizza. hot sauce.

• cats
• arts
• books
• poetry
• photography
• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• beer
• coffee
• baking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• yoga
• instructor
• partying
• gardening
• politics
• movies
• board games
• traveling
• crochet
• painting
• music
• folk music
• jazz
• drums
• reggae music
• cycling
• hiking
• teaching
• entrepreneurship
• history
• psychology
• beaches
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Our most recent favorites: Avett Brothers, Old Crowe Medicine Show, David Ramirez, The Head and the Heart, Joe Pug, Civil Wars, Peter Bradley Adams, Jon Foreman, Mumford & Sons,Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Spirit Family Reunion, The Lumineers, The Weepies, Aaron Strumpel, Enter the Worship Circle, The Black Keys, Alexi Murdoch, Jack Johnson, Over the Rhine, The Swell Season, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young, Gungor, Robby Hecht, Wilco, Feist

Some of our favorite authors: Barbara Brown Taylor, Donald Miller, Anne Lamott, Brene Brown, Henri Nouwen

Favorite movie: Lindsey Jo=You've Got Mail. (Hands down)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lindsey Jo lived and worked in the Dominican Republic for several months in 2009 followed by a month-long West-coast exploration by train.

"I went up and down the California coast, sampled amazing red wines, took photos along highway one, watched the sunset on the beach, met new friends on an overnight ride, hiked half of the Grand Canyon in November, visited my uber-cool uncle in Taos, New Mexico, recovered a journal I left on a train in Arizona, participated in a hippie-jam band with strangers until 3am, visited the garden of the gods, hitchhiked a ride to Denver, finished an entire book in a week, got a free CD from a musician on the train, became forever inspired to see the world. It was the best thing ever!!!"

Brad has traveled to Hawaii to visit his Aunt and Uncle.

Teach, Learn, Share

Art Making, Yoga, Gluten free cooking and baking, How-to-make Natural Beauty Products, Vegetarian/vegan meal planning, Djembe rhythms, Home Brewing, Urban gardening, Bike detailing and minor tune up, Salsa dance, Crochet, Weird faces

What I Can Share with Hosts

Blankets, Tea, coffee, Conversation, Home Cooked Meals, Late night jazz

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Dominican Republic, United States

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