CURRENT MISSION

Pura Vida

ABOUT ME

West Coast girl at heart, transplanted to New York City to teach crazies for four years, and now switching up my lifestyle completely by living in Costa Rica.

I usually do pretty poorly in games where I am asked to describe myself, but this is the list what I have recently come up with:
*Teacher
*Lifelong learner
*Sarcastic
*Hard-working
*Intelligent
*Vagabond
*Coffee lover
*Irish/Norwegian
*Karaoke master
*Can drink most people under the table
*Slightly insane, mostly fun

PHILOSOPHY

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." I have that quote from Oscar Wilde tattooed on my forearm. I do my best to look up at the sky as much as possible, especially when I feel like I'm down.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have gone to events in NYC and hosted a bunch of people as they traveled through. I hope to continue to participate by surfing my way through Central America and meeting new people in my new country.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Through the official CS website, I have let a few wonderful ladies and gentlemen stay in my office for a day or two. I have gone out to bars, hosted dinners, or gone sightseeing with some of them as well.

Before the website, I have really been hosting all kinds of people in various places I have lived- mostly friends of friends, people passing through. I love being able to help someone out who is in a bind, and always have a lot of fun traveling through my own city with the eyes of a tourist.

Interests

literature, acting, music, movies, beer, coffee, having adventures, food, traveling, languages, football, reading, writing, teaching, learning, laughing so hard that my whole body hurts

• writing
• literature
• acting
• dining
• beer
• coffee
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• karaoke
• surfing
• soccer
• teaching
• languages
• sightseeing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Joss Whedon, Conan O'Brien, Eve Ensler, William Shakespeare, JD Salinger, The Postal Service, to name a few

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There is nothing more beautiful than Gasworks Park in Seattle on a clear day. Where else in the world can you see that much water, mountains, and beautiful city views in one place?

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, France, Taiwan, United States

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