CURRENT MISSION

Relocating to Toledo!

ABOUT ME

Adventurous, courageous, and fun mom. Interested in drawing, painting, and 'Slow Food' eating our way around the world. My daughter was born in Mumbai while I was teaching Product Design. Lived in India for three years as an expat. Studied textile design in Stockholm. I love living and traveling abroad. Currently, living in Traverse City, Michigan.

PHILOSOPHY

Treat others the way you want others I treat you.

Live a life you love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My home in Traverse City is open to respectful and pleasant travelers and small families who love exploring.

My four-year daughter and I in 2014 couch-surfed all over Europe for three months. We stayed with amazing families and women. We loved learning about each families diverse culture and lifestyle. In 2016, my daughter was seven 1/2 and travel for five month all over India.

In 2014, we hosted a high school student from South Korea through Rotary International. My ex-husband is a Rotarian. In 2017 - 18 I hosted a Chinese boy exchange student. Currently, for a year I am hosting a lovely eighteen-year-old female Chinese exchange student. She is lovely.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

While living and traveling in India I was really impressed with travelers I met that said they were Couchsurfing. I am very impressed with individuals and families that open their home to strangers. I have couchsurfed all over Europe, few places in India, and in Detroit, Michigan. I have hosted many lovely people in my home.

Interests

Youth exchanges, fine art, world cuisines, local sustainable farms & products, sailing, furniture design, toy design, music, historic places, history, and nature.

My interests at home are gardening, working in my art studio, sailing, swimming, cooking, anything Indian, fiber crafts, sewing, painting, going to the beach, and exploring nature trails. I love cooking Indian, Italian, Thai, Korean, Raw Foods, new vegetarian recipes, and oven roasts.

I have a hobby mini-tour company - www.intentional-tourist.com, also Facebook - Intentional Tourist. I make one-of-a-kind sustainable products: Facebook - Upcycled Objekt. Creating fine art in my studio: Facebook - Lisa Perrine Brown - Artist. www.perrineart.com

• arts
• culture
• design
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• raw food
• vegetarian
• crafts
• gardening
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• surfing
• sailing
• swimming
• history
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books I've Read:
A Fine Balance by, Rohinton Mistry
Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Namesake by, Jhumpa Lahiri
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Maximum City by Suketu Meht
Holy Cow by Sarah Macdonald
The Grimm's Fairytales
The Hat by Jan Brett
A Story to Tell by Dick Bruna
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee

Books I want to read:
A lady's Cyclist Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joison
Imagining Argentina by Lawrence Thorton
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tam

Music I listen to:
Billy Holiday
Classical music
Cure
Depeche Mode
Bruno Mars
Gladys Knight
Amy Winehouse
Adele
Mumford & Sons
Diana Ross
Sade
Luther Vandross
Sarah McLachlan
Bebel Gilberto
Everything but the girl
Beth Orton
Foster the People
Sheila Chandra
Bollywood Hits
Buena Vista Social Club

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taught Product Designing Mumbai, India
Gave birth to my daughter in Mumbai
Led a literacy library in Buffalo, New York

Teach, Learn, Share

I love teaching painting, drawing, weaving, cooking,and product design!

I can teach basic Indian cooking.

I love learning to cook new cuisines. I enjoy learning new languages. I want to learn about the places I visit: their history, fun things to do, and about the people I meet.

Dream...I would love to apprentice under a painting master.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my life experiences, kindness, generosity, a small gift, and happiness.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Sweden

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