*Short notice requests invited. One week in advance is the MAX time requests considered.*

Mark and Mary Mizrahi:
Married couple trying to make a nice life in Portland. Dancers, sex-educators, food enthusiasts, conversationalists, and general curious humans.

Mary frequently travels to Vancouver, BC by herself for continuing education classes in the hands-on practice of Osteopathy.

Mark is writer of poetry and fiction. He also cooks like a top chef.

We own our home with a guest room and like interesting people.

We enjoy nice red ale and Belgium beer, and small batch whiskey, and brunches, and would prefer to enjoy those in the company of our travelers, just for a moment of time, to learn who is passing through.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

One of my early "couchsurfing" experiences (2001) was sleeping in a community garden in danger of being bulldozed during NY winter.

I used to be able to crash anywhere, but now, I'm older and need a bed of sorts and prefer clean bathrooms.

Interests

adventure, anatomy, abolitionism, bodymind education, dressing up, environmental sanity, dance, liberation, racial justice, surfing, transformative struggle, worker-owned enterprises

Him: Publishing my work... Can you help? (It's good. I promise.)

• writing
• poetry
• dancing
• education
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• gardening
• music
• surfing
• anatomy
• teaching
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Good, smooth, danceable, invigorating, reminiscent, sexy ...

watching: Documentaries, Educational content, Miyazaki Films

reading:
Her:
dharma, his/herstory, feminist, queer, critical theory, philosophy, healing arts books, children's books
Him:
Hemingway, Joyce, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Allende, other things

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ask.

Teach, Learn, Share

Her: excited to learn more cooking, dance and music.

Him: I can prepare one of the best meals of your life. I can grade essays, tutor in math, or amuse you/engage in conversation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer individualized sessions of bodywork. I'm trained in
therapeutic massage, cranial-sacral therapy and somatic movement practices.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Slovenia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Ecuador, England, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, United States