CURRENT MISSION

Wherever you are, be all there.

ABOUT ME

Avid traveler, adventurer, coffee-drinker. From the east coast originally but moved out to Oregon to spend a year volunteering through Americorps. About to head back to live in Brooklyn, New York to start a job with a sustainable products start-up company.

I love to meet new people, share stories, learn new things, and my favorite thing is spending time with good people over great food. I love to be outdoors as much as possible and I enjoy eating avocados.

PHILOSOPHY

live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. the future will take care of itself. -paramahansa yogananda

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently appreciating couches as I try to explore around Oregon as much as possible and as I make my way back East. Looking forward to hosting once I get a place (and a couch!) in Brooklyn.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have met amazing people through couch-surfing! (I wrote about it here: http://foralifeinspired.blogspot.com/2011/07/on-couch-surfing.html)

Interests

Photography, hiking, outdoors, coffee, live music, great books, avocados, bicycles, cooking, learning, elephants.

• books
• photography
• beauty
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• music
• live music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• adventure races
• surfing
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Shawshank Redemption, Bon Iver, The Count of Monte Cristo

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Coffee ceremonies in Ethiopia. Natural rock slides outside of Bend, Oregon. Looked down over the thundering waters of Victoria Falls, Ethiopia. Rode an elephant in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Cliff-jumped in a lake formed by a collapsed volcano. Skydived. Worked with nuns at Mother Teresa's Home for the Destitute and Dying in Calcutta, India. Road-tripped America twice. Climbed through a pitch black 2 mile cave under Mt St Helens. Camped in the desert of Botswana for two months.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can make a mean sandwich and occasionally tell a great story.

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, China, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand, Peru, Thailand, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, United States

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