CURRENT MISSION

Saving money to travel more and learning everything I can about wine in the meantime.

ABOUT ME

I love many places but I'm a northern California girl at heart. I love the coast, the fog, the vineyards, the hills, and the farms. I work in the wine industry in Napa Valley.

PHILOSOPHY

Get over yourself. Life is awkward. Deal with it and try to laugh.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I have my own place, I'd love to host. Until then, I'd just like to meet interesting people from all over the place and possibly surf their couches.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Nada! Except for the one time I tried to meet up with a very nice-sounding Belgian guy at a large outdoor concert in San Francisco. It was impossible to actually find each other but fun to try.

Interests

Old movies, old music (jazz, classic rock, classical), reading, swimming, pretending I can dance, box karaoke, spending far too long browsing in wine and cheese shops, travel, armchair travel, word games.

• concerts
• dancing
• wine
• cheese
• pub crawls
• trivia
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• karaoke
• outdoor activities
• boxing
• swimming
• history
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Uh oh. Movies: All About Eve, The Apartment, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Flirting With Disaster, Gotta Dance, Hannah and Her Sisters, Melinda and Melinda, A Mighty Wind, Rear Window, Sideways, Some Like it Hot, Waiting for Guffman, When Harry Met Sally, You Can't Take it With You.
Music: Bach, Chet Baker, David Bowie, Blossom Dearie, Bill Evans, Anita O'Day, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington.
Books: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon, Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving, Everything is Going to be Great by Rachel Shukert, It's Always Something by Gilda Radner, Gellhorn: A Twentieth Century Life by Caroline Moorehead.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quitting my job to travel.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know way too much film history and trivia. I make a good pub quiz teammate in that regard.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Macao, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam