CURRENT MISSION

To live a life that inspires the spirit of adventure in others, by continuing to grow, make mistakes, learn to solve interesting problems, and connect meaningfully with other people.

PHILOSOPHY

Hakuna Matata

Pura Vida

We work for a living so why do we kill ourselves working?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I truly believe that the cultural exchange should be mutual. You should give/teach me something and likewise, I should be able to return the favor.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met some great people through traveling and meeting up through couchsurfing. I love it, I believe it enriches the traveling experience.
I see kind people in this community and it gives me hope for humanity.

Interests

NBA, surfing, eating, wine, motorcycle, reading, etc

- die hard Lakers fan: I bleed purple and gold. That is all.

-food is meant to bring people together not alienate

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
I studied film music which I find fascinating! I also play the harp :) and have taught myself how to play piano. I like the oldies like Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Louie Armstrong, Dean Martin, The Four Seasons, jazz, and pretty much any music you can dance to including Salsa and hip hop. I also love hopsin's lyrics.

Movies:
The Outsiders, Ip Man, Up, Stand by Me, The Imposters, Goodfellas, The Italian Job, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Good Will Hunting, Wreck-It-Ralph, Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shinning, Mulan, The Princess Bride, Nacho Libre, The Philidalphia Story, Gangster Squad, The Score, Double Indemnity, Shrek, Pantom of the Opera, The Awakening, Serenity, Big Night, Spirited Away, The Shop Around the Corner, Hot Fuzz, Birdman, Her, The Emperor's New Groove, Invincible, North by Northwest, Django, Sweeny Todd, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Departed, The Borne Identity, CJ7, District 9, Moon, Nice Guys, Zootopia, Brideshead Revisited, etc.

Books:
The Count of Monte Cristo, Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, The Alchemist, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Flowers for Algernon, Shadow of the Wind, Age of Innocence, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, Around the World in Eighty Days, Dracula, The Rules of Civility, Thrive, The Sleep Revolution, The Crossroads of Should and Must, Washington Square Park, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Theif Lord, Mudbound, Inkheart, The Importance of Being Earnest, And Then There Were None, Big Magic, Mycroft Holmes, The Outliers, Leaders Eat Last, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Twelfth Night, The Secret Garden, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Holes, The Outsiders, Phantom of The Opera, Bunnicula Series, 84 Charring Cross Road, The View From Saturday, Captain Underpants series, The Castle in the Attic, Animal Farm, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Light Between Oceans, The Third Plate, Norwegian Wood, honestly there are too many books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Made the decision to travel now and not wait.

Teach, Learn, Share

Put people before social media. If there's one thing I want to teach or show people it is that our generation is being brought up by the iphone. I watch couples on dates facing their phones instead of each other and it makes me sick. I want meaningful relationships with face to face interactions or at least real conversations. No shortcuts to telling a friend you "like" something. I want letters not instant messages, I want phone calls instead of texts, I want to talk over hot chocolate not skype. I understand its hard when people don't have the option to meet in person, but with social media these days they don't try hard enough to make it happen. Call me old school but I'll take my few but strong and real relationships over a thousand of your virtual friends.

What I Can Share with Hosts

language, recipes, food, stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States