You can find me stopping and smelling the roses all around your city. I’m probably listening to a My Favorite Murder episode.

I recently spent a year traveling Asia with my husband Warren (also American). We started in Bali then on to Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, Bali again, Singapore, England, Scotland, and a brief few hours in Iceland.

October 2018-February 2019, we worked in Antarctica, then spent a few weeks in New Zealand before heading back to the US.

We love new cultures and food and drinks and coffee and long walks to anywhere. And animals! I love them all and between us we have had dogs, cats, hamsters, rats, an iguana, a ball python, and lots of fish. Warren even worked at a fish store, building and maintaining giant fish tanks. If you have fish he can help you with them :)

We are liberal about pretty much everything, very LGBTQ+ friendly and down with most “alternative” lifestyle choices (whatever that means, what’s mainstream anyway?). We are skeptics, but not pseudo-science “skeptics” a la anti-vaxxers. We are also not religious, so if you are super religious, it will be a sticking point.

Also, Warren was a chef and butcher for many years, in case you like home-cooked food :) Some of this profile represents him!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Mostly to meet people, so we don't drive each other too crazy. Almost ten years ago, I hosted a few times while living in New Orleans. Now I'd like to try out surfing as well!

Interests

• animals
• cats
• culture
• books
• mardi gras
• cooking
• wine
• cocktails
• coffee
• yoga
• walking
• movies
• traveling
• eating out
• puzzles
• minimalism
• podcasts
• jazz
• guitar
• hiking
• anthropology
• geology
• history
• languages
• science
• mountains
• food
• costumes
• museums
• calisthenics
• scifi
• weird stuff
• weird people
• taxidermy
• barre

Music, Movies, and Books

Wayne's World, all Patrick Swayze everything, Moby Dick, everything Tom Robbins, Videodrome, 90s industrial, modern poptechno, Queen, Leonard Cohen, Dune (the book, although the movie is pretty good)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ride a camel from Timbuktu into the Sahara on Christmas Eve 2007

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: geoscience, general skepticism, guitar, butchery, juggling, cooking American and French and Cajun food
Learn: languages, history, local culture, shoemaking
Share: stories over drinks, gazes at the stars

What I Can Share with Hosts

We are happy to cook for/with you, and tell you about our experiences living long-term around the US and in Australia. We are also happy to take care of your pets, help around the house in general, etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antarctica, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Antarctica, Australia, Ghana, United States