Multiracial Black woman with a black cat and a pit bull. Cleans to calypso/soca, drives to classic rock, cooks to jazz/standards, drinks to 90s R&B/rap. Showers to Rihanna.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm always down for exploring a new place or my hometown together. I look forward to enjoying the hospitality of the many generous people whose couches I'll surf-- hoping to call them friends down the line.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Informal--extensive. On couchsurfing? A fantastic trip to Asheville, NC where I stayed in three different (all AMAZING) homes!

Interests

Theatre and performance art, talking about race, gender, and sexy sex (both in the personal and ideological senses). Booze of many varieties, sunshine on the skin, bellydance, West African Drumming, burlesque, hot wings. Actually, lots of foods--pho, miso soup, white rice, roti . . .

• arts
• performing arts
• make up
• dining
• cooking
• instructor
• partying
• drinking
• drinking games
• tv
• music
• canoeing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Woof. Ok.

Brazil, Led Zeppelin, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Nina Simone, 8 1/2, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Labyrinth (really, all Henson ever), Beats Antique, Carmen Jones, Devotchka, Diamanda Galas, Dazed & Confused, Little Miss Sunshine, Young Frankenstein, Waiting for Guffman, Clue.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ask me about canoeing in Wisconsin with iCarly Chad and Old Man Dan. Ask me about the apes of Gibraltar. Ask me about Yong Lake in Tibet. Ask me about the Monday night Popcorn Party at Zapatos in Shanghai. Ask me about the circus school for orphans in Salvador, Brazil.

Teach, Learn, Share

As a couch surfer, I'm not too shabby a cook, have loads of ridiculous stories, 90 (count'em) gigs of music in a WIDE variety of styles and music sharing makes me insanely happy. I'm a West African Drumming Instructor, dabble in a few languages, hell, I'll dye your hair for you or join your team so we can dominate in a game of charades or Trivial Pursuit. I also know/make up killer movie or tv-show based drinking games.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, China, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, Spain, United States