CURRENT MISSION

To finish writing/drawing a picture book

ABOUT ME

I grew up in a hippie household with my dad and my twin brother in NYC. We were born vegetarian but I am open to trying different things. A big part of traveling is experiencing culture and cuisine that is different from your own so I think it is important to adapt when you are able. You'll gain more from the experience :)

I love traveling, reading, drawing, watching movies, listening to new music, cooking and having a good time!

PHILOSOPHY

I love trying new things and working hard to make the most of life (as long as its not negatively consequential!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm currently traveling but would love to host people when I get settled back in NYC

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been lucky to have two great couch surfing experiences so far. Both hosts were very nice and it was great to get to know them while we were traveling :) I also had a great host family in high school when I lived in Okinawa.

Interests

graphic design, traveling, photography, movies, art, 90s tv shows, animals, russian literature, cocktails with weird names, baking, some fashion

• animals
• aquaria
• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• design
• graphic design
• fashion
• photography
• cooking
• cocktails
• baking
• vegetarian
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• surfing
• boxing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Spirit of the Beehive, Wild at Heart, Paris, Texas, Ten Things I Hate About You, Chungking Express, Disney Classics, Coraline, Twin Peaks (tv show), Zoolander (silly but great), Hausu, Days of Heaven, Sunset Boulevard, etc...

Music: Cocteau Twins, Mazzy Star, Sam Cooke, Kate Bush, Aaliyah, Usher, R Kelly, The Cure, The Carpenters, Twin Sister, Angelo Badalamenti, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Fleetwood Mac, pretty much something from every genre!

Books: Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy), The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky), The 100% Perfect Girl (Murakami), Pretty much any Cormac Mccarthy Book, but especially Outer Dark, The Little Prince (Exupery), Light in August (Faulkner)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Night Markets in Taiwan
Harajuku 6 floor sex stores in Tokyo
Alps in Zurich
Bats in Florence at night
Hidden tricks in Bologna,
Tokyo Disney
Okinawan and Georgia Aquarium (the two largest aquariums!)
The Music Box in New Orleans

Teach, Learn, Share

Most of my friends are from different cultures and I myself am a melting pot of ethnicities. I love the mixture of cultures, I think everyone can gain from opening their life to different types of people. In such a globally-focused world it is very possible and beneficial to do so.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Japan, United States