CURRENT MISSION

To dance on unfamilar shores, sing in unfamiliar languages and take in everything bizarre, beautiful, whimsical and wonderful this world of ours has to offer.

ABOUT ME

I'm a lover, not a fighter.

PHILOSOPHY

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” --Anne Frank

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd love to host a weary world-traveler or two, offer a roof above their head, a home-cooked meal and share a few stories. Even if I can't host you for whatever reason, I would be more than happy to meet for coffee or a night on the town. I'd only be able to offer up my place until the end of June or so.

As a traveler on a budget, I would love to participate as a surfer as well.

Interests

Good music, good company, good conversation, writing, social justice, traveling, dance parties, film, karaoke, journalism, festivals, street food, holidays, concerts where the line between performer and audience is blurred, pop culture

• culture
• writing
• singing
• concerts
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• coffee
• partying
• traveling
• music
• karaoke
• journalism
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
Everything.
The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Wilco, The White Stripes, Van Morrison, The Grateful Dead, The Band, Gogol Bordello, Fela Kuti, The Allman Brothers Band, Girl Talk, The Hold Steady, The Hood Internet, George Clinton & P-Funk, Balkan Beat Box, De La Soul, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Mountain Goats, A Tribe Called Quest, The Wu-Tang Clan, Neil Young, The Swell Season, Yeasayer, Fleet Foxes, Daft Punk, Queen.

MOVIES:
Amelie, Almost Famous, The Last Waltz, Before Sunrise, The Big Lebowski, Rushmore, Stand By Me, Wet Hot American Summer, Love Actually, Waking Life, Casablanca.

WRITERS:
J.D. Salinger, Jack Kerouac, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Chuck Klosterman, Lester Bangs, Dave Eggers, Hunter S. Thompson, William Upski Wimsatt, B.H. Fairchild, Campbell McGrath, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kevin Coval, Pablo Neruda, Li-Young Lee, Hafiz, e.e. cummings, Rumi.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watched the sun rise from the top of Masada.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United Kingdom, United States