CURRENT MISSION

Discovering que será

ABOUT ME

I'm a journalist with a severe case of wanderlust. I'm a cultural junkie -- buena gente, good food, good wine and good conversation... the greatest pleasures in life. I'm obsessed with anything regarding España and الشرق الأوسط

PHILOSOPHY

"Well, you know how
the young girls run giggling
on Park Avenue after dark
when they ought to be home in bed?
Well,
that's the way it is with me somehow."
-- William Carlos Williams

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing is the bee's knees. Without cs, I would have missed out on an amazing night filled with jazz and French photography in Athens, a concert in euskera in a pueblo in País Vasco, and debauchery in Barcelona. It's an amazing tool for traveling and making the world just a little smaller!

Interests

traveling the world, español, عربي, poetry, journalism, late-night philosophical discussions, cooking, running, dancing, reading, singing poorly in the rain, black and white, the word autumn, holiday traditions, bubble baths, the smell of library books, good wine, photography, buena gente, guitar, delighting in the grandeur of the everyday

• books
• poetry
• singing
• photography
• concerts
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• running
• reading
• traveling
• jazz
• guitar
• surfing
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Jill Scott, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, The Kooks, B.B. King, MC Solaar, Etta James, Nat King Cole, Radiohead, The Smiths, A Tribe Called Quest, Ray Lamontagne, Miles Davis

Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, Casablanca, Ciudad de Dios, The Dreamers, Le Scaphandre et le Papillon, Pulp Fiction, Cinema Paradiso, Hable con ella, Breakfast at Tiffany's, La Dolce Vita, Il y a longtemps que je t'aime

Invisible Cities, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Leaving Tangier, The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, Cien Años de Soledad, The Skeptic, The Bookseller of Kabul, Richard Wilbur, William Carlos Williams, Federico García Lorca, Pablo Neruda

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rode quads through the Andes. Attempted surfing in Lima. Danced salsa y botelloned until many a sunrise in Madrid. Trekked around Istanbul.

Teach, Learn, Share

I make a mean moussaka and tortilla española. I can help you write or do some Spanish-English translation. I'm a wine connoisseur in training.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cayman Islands, Greece, Ireland, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States