CURRENT MISSION

To figure out how the h I can support myself and live in France legally as an American without marrying someone

ABOUT ME

I graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Aug of 2006 and moved to New Zealand where I worked for two designers, Karen Walker and Nom D*. Then I moved to Nantucket to work as a weaver for the summer. I am now "working"* on a graduate degree in Scotland, though I am currently in Brighton England doing a knitwear design course at Knit-1 (www.knit-1.com) before heading back up to Glasgow to graduate in June. Within the next 5 years, I hope to start a knitwear business in either New Zealand or in/around the Rhone-Alps region of France, can't make up my mind where! I've got part of it going already with a label, which you can see at isobelandcleo.com.

*using glasgow as a base for traveling while i complete that degree in my free time.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far have surfed with some of the best hosts ever!

Interests

Horseback riding, knitting, learning/speaking french, eating cookies and cream ice cream, dancing, reading, historical costume design, uh TRAVELING, and watching a good dvd.

• arts
• design
• make up
• dancing
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• equestrian
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite movie and book: Pride and Prejudice (the bbc version, not that crap kiera knightley was in).

Other books: Veronika chooses to die, I wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families, stepford wives, sense and sensibility (movie and book), Henry VII biography, Middlesex, The Plot Against America,

I LOVE marvin gaye and al green, stevie wonder, mozart's requiem, the piano soundtrack, iron and wine, postal service, death cab for cutie, alica keys, bill withers, cat power, aimee mann, the cure, badly drawn boy, mos def, jill scott, elliot smith, earth, wind and fire, bobby d and bobby m, jamiroquai, Thomas Newman's movie scores (shawshank, american beauty, little women, etc.), smokey robinson, radiohead, erykah badu, queen, iron and wine, david bowie, liam finn, modest mouse, etc.

Movies other than the two mentioned, Mansfield Park, Sabrina, Strictly Ballroom, Primal Fear, American History X, Working Girl, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, I want to see the end of the Twin Peaks series... one day. many many others...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The road to Milford Sound in South Island, New Zealand is pretty amazing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Fiji, France, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

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