CURRENT MISSION

Missions are for armies, me, I'm just some writer chick

ABOUT ME

--am smart, funny, fun and independent
--am an actual grown-up
--sing jazz standards
--can can tango, lindy-hop, rhumba & salsa all night long in 4 inch heels
--am great hostess
--have swell sense of style
--am great urban explorer
--made my own drapes
--am adored by all my friends kids
--can correct your grammar, but won’t
--can recite entire Monty Python routines from memory, but won’t
--really know who I am
--can really connect well with other people and acknowledge them
--know how important it is to just breathe and occasionally remember to do so
--am teaching myself Italian
--have maxed out my 60GB iPod
--just learned the meaning of the word “Triskaidekaphobia”
--wish I lived in a Preston Sturges movie or an MGM musical
--vote
--read
--listen
--inhale untold quantities of NPR
--can do my hair 40’s style in 20 minutes if necessary.
--told a story once on “This American Life”
And I
--buried my father in a giant martini shaker; trust me, he would have loved it.

PHILOSOPHY

"Only Connect!" - Forster, "Howards End"
"Words Matter" - Barak Obama
"It's to do with knowing, and being known. I revere that, having that is being rich" - Stoppard, "The Real Thing"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I will be living in Calabria, Italy this summer and hope to travel around Italy and parts of Europe. Since I'll be traveling alone, the idea of staying with someone local sounds much more appealing than a hotel.

Since I am hoping to be a guest, it only seemed fair that I also host. I just had my first guest, and it turned out to be a much cooler, more positive experience than I could have imagined.

Interests

Dancing, Politics, dancing, news & media, dancing literature, film, theater, New York, Italy, Argentina, clothes & shoes, Mac aps, Dancing, singing, roller-blading, yoga, reading, sewing.

Oh, and I love to go out dancing. Especially partner dancing.

• writing
• literature
• singing
• theater
• dancing
• tango
• yoga
• clothing
• politics
• news
• reading
• traveling
• jazz
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES:
The Apartment, Big Lebowski, Bull Durham, Sunset Blvd., Funny Face, Midnight, Philadephia Store, Sop Around The Corner, High Fidelity, Godfather 1 & 2, The Incredibles, The Lady Eve, Brigadoon

TV SHOWS:
Daily Show, 30 Rock, The Office, Mary Tyler Moore Show, This Week w/George Stephanopolous, Dexter, American Idol, Project Runway, Dick Van Dyke.

BOOKS:
Howards End, Pride & Prejudice, Great Gatsby, Bonfire Of The Vanities, Great Expectations, White Noise, Breakfast Of Champions

MUSIC:
Jazz Vocals & Cabaret: Rosemary Clooeny, Stacy Kent, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, , Anita O'Day, Blosson Dearie, Diana Krall, Bobby Short, and the divine Audra McDonald.

Soul: Solomon Burke, Al Green, Sharon Jones & Dap Kings, Macy Gray, Stevie Wonder LOVE THIS STUFF

Rock/Alternative, etc.: Bowie, Stones, Talking Heads, Kirsty MacColl, Jill Sobule, Chris Isaak, Lyle Lovett, oh dear, there's just so much more.

And finally, Broadway, Broadway, Broadway: Company, Sunday In The Park With George, Follies, Carousel, She Loves Me, Avenue Q, Little Shop Of Horrors,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I threw my bra on stage at Jeff Bridges at Lebowski Fest (trust me, someone had to)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Italy, New Zealand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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