CURRENT MISSION

To see the world-- or at least part of it

ABOUT ME

I accomplished my life goal of wanting to be an artist at the age of 22. So now I am working as an au pair in a country I love and travel every chance I get. Some of my interests are listed below and my website is listed somewhere if you get really ambitious.. just to know a little more about me.

PHILOSOPHY

until i can arrange my words properly I am going to borrow some from two other people:

"For every traveler who has any taste of his own, the only useful guidebook will be the one which he himself has written" -Aldous Huxley

"It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection" -The Bhagavad Gita

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Most surfing experiences have been with people I already know- all were great and it was wonderful to visit with friends and family. I did have my first 'true' couchsurfing experience recently and I have have only good things to share. It is always great to visit a city and have someone there to share what/places they know. I learn much more about what the city has to offer this way.

Interests

art, photography, Italy, history, books, the world, fashion, jewelry, movies, design, paper, summer camp, reading, climbing trees, riding vespas, traveling, snow, wandering around, exploring new places and cultures, sleeping (when I get a chance)

• arts
• books
• design
• fashion
• photography
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing
• history
• au-pair

Music, Movies, and Books

in no particular order:
Music: Meiko, Mika, Rogue Wave, Lilly Allen, Brandi Carlile, The Blow, Ingrid Michaelson, Ray LaMontagne, Nek, Adele, The Parishers, The Postal Service, The Fray, The Darkness, The Killers, Greenwheel, Mar, Akon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justin Timberlake, Juanes, Gorillaz, Blue October, Counting Crows, David LaMotte, Citizen Cope, Michael Buble, Edith Piaf, Regina Spektor, Landon Pigg, ....almost anything really just no screaming

Movies: Vicky Christina Barcelona, Inglorious Basterds, Up in the Air, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Blow, Donnie Darko, Pirates of the Caribbean, Top Gun, Snatch, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Labryinth, Princess Bride, Closer, Wedding Crashers, Old School, Boondock Saints, Phantom of the Opera, Fight Club, Great Expectations, Moulin Rouge, Clueless, Requiem of a Dream, Love Actually, Sweet Home Alabama, Fight Club, Snatch, Orange County, White Castle, Run Lola Run, Amelie, Royal Tenenbaums, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Pride and Prejudice, The Holiday, Hairspray, Harry Potter, The Departed, Chocolat, 300, The Jane Austen Book Club, Juno, Riprendimi, Life is Beautiful, L'Auberge Espagnole, and more...

Books: the ones I make.. but for reading:, Harry Potter, The English Patient, Eat Pray Love, La Bella Figura, The Shack, House of Medici: Its rise and fall, Dante's Inferno, A Year in the Merde, In the Merde for Love, Merde Happens, photography books, art books, In Defense of Food, Books by:, Candace Bushnell, Lauren Weisberger, Emily Giffin, -fun/escape books, and so on..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've gotten to travel- not very specific but I know so many people who don't go anywhere. I've only seen some parts of the world but each one is wonderful in it's own way.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Portugal, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy