I am almost 33yrs old.
Loves traveling and meeting new people.

I was born around the world and grew up in the south mostly. I love dogs, smoking doesnt bother me but I rarely do it. I am super tidy and clean and out of the way. I am a HUGE COOK and loooove to host people in my home for up to two days Max!

I live in the valley... so its out of the way usually for everyone but its a quiet area surrounded by churches. Free All Day Parking on my street. CLOSE to the FLYWAY Bus Pick Up if you need to go to LAX or Burbank Airport. Close to the 405.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love traveling on a budget, its the ultimate best!

Actually its not... but I enjoy meeting new people and getting advice from actual locals. I am not looking for you to show me around or bother you.

Just needing a place to change, maybe shower, and sleep at night.

And thats all I am looking for in a guest

Interests

I am a huge COOK!!!!!!!!!!!
I can cook for you.

• dogs
• theater
• architecture
• design
• fashion
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• breakfast
• chocolate
• wine
• coffee
• wine tasting
• running
• walking
• clubbing
• gardening
• shopping
• flowers
• news
• movies
• traveling
• billiards
• bowling
• communications
• tours
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I enjoy all music... but Folk or Pop are my favorites...
I love movies but there are too many to write. I enjoy the classics...
Comedy but not stupid comedy.

and dont get me started on Game of Thrones, Orange is the New Blk, or a bunch of other tv shows....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Glass Church: http://www.wayfarerschapel.org/your-visit/architecture
Japanese Garden: http://www.japanesegarden.ucla.edu/
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardenhttp://www.arboretum.org/
Clockwork Orange Dance Club ( 80s night ): on Hollywood Blvd
Karoke : Sardos (free parking) / Cafe Brass Monkey / Tattle Tale Room /
Little Tokyo: visitlittletokyo.com
Olvera Street: olvera-street.com
Chinatown: www.chinatownla.com
Little India:http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-streetscenes-20080825,0,5946722.htmlstory
Little Ethopia: littleethiopiabusinessassociation.com
The Toy District: www.downtownlawalks.com
World's Tallest Thermometer:www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2893
The Queen Mary: www.queenmary.com
The Knickerbocker Hotel: ( haunted ) 1714 Ivar Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028 famous for Old Hollywood
The Silent Movie Theater: 611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Hotel Del Coronado: www.hoteldel.com (haunted )
Watts Towers: 1727 E107th Street
Pantages Theater: 6233 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
La Brea Tar Pits ( one visit is good enough )
Griffith Observatory: http://www.griffithobservatory.org/
Lucky Strikes Bowling Lanes in Hollywood

Places to Eat or at least check out:
Philippe's in Downtown
Orochon in Little Tokyo
The Waffle in Hollywood
Pinks (not my fav... but whose to say you wont like it)
Father's office in West Hollywood/Beverly Hills
Saddle Ranch
Chin Chin
The Den
Rainbow Room
The Viper Room
Urth Cafe
Sweet Lady Jane - orson welles is said to haunt this place ( great cakes )
MILK ( i got my bday cake from here... ah-maaaa-Zing )
Canter's ( Ny Style Jewish Deli )

Places you have seen in Movies: just something to do when you are bored with her, with nothing else to do.

Grease film location: ‘Rydell High’: Venice High School, 13000 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles

Grease film location: "You're The One That I Want": playing field at John Marshall High, Silverlake, Los Angeles

Grease II, the disappointing sequel, used the Excelsior High School at Norwalk, southeast Los Angeles on Route 5.

Ghostbusters location: The Ghostbusters firehouse interior: Firestation No.23, 225 East Fifth Street, downtown Los Angeles

Ghostbusters location: The ‘Sedgewick Hotel’: Millennium Biltmore Hotel, South Grand Avenue, downtown Los Angeles

The Graduate location: Benjamin and Mrs Robinson meet up at the ‘Taft Hotel’: Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard, midtown Los Angeles

The Graduate location: the house of Mrs Robinson: 607 North Palm Drive, Beverly Hills

Pretty Woman location: Julia Roberts' scuzzy hotel: Las Palmas Hotel, 1738 Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles

Pretty Woman location: Julia Roberts gets a taste of the high-life: Regent Beverly Wilshire, 9500 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles

Pretty Woman location: “big mistake... huge”: Julia Roberts is snubbed by the boutique staff: Boulmiche Boutique, 9501 Santa Monica Boulevard. Beverly Hills, Los Angeles

Pretty Woman location: “Slippery little suckers...”: Julia Roberts struggles with snails at Cicada, 617 South Olive Street, downtown Los Angeles

Pleasantville location: the ‘Pleasantville’ school: Rose City High School, South Oak Knoll Avenue, Pasadena
Rose City High School, 325 South Oak Knoll Avenue in Pasadena

Although the opening shots are of streets in Agoura Hills, the ‘Freeling’ house itself is 4267 Roxbury Street in the small estate of Forest Hills in the Simi Valley north of Los Angeles.

Old School location: Frank Ricard’s wedding: Westminster Presbyterian Church, North Lake Avenue, Pasadena
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1757 North Lake Avenue at Atchison Street, north Pasadena. A couple of years later, Vaughn was back at the same church – this time with Luke’s brother, Owen Wilson – in Wedding Crashers.

Drag me to Hell: Christine’s home, where she’s visited by the Lamia, is 1031 Everett Street, on tiny Everett Park, off Sunset Boulevard, southwest of Elysian Park. You might recognise the house from Training Day.

After finally confronting the curse, Christine and Clay head off for a well-earned vacation. The pair choose to meet up at Union Station, 800 North Alameda Street, downtown – another familiar location, seen in Catch Me If You Can, Pearl Harbor and, of course, Blade Runner.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin location: Encino Courtyard Mall, Ventura Boulevard, Ventura, San Fernando Valley

Donnie Darko location: Donnie Darko's school: Loyola High School, Venice Boulevard, midtown Los Angeles

Donnie Darko location: Frank the Rabbit appears at the cinema: Aero Theater, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, Los Angeles

Donnie Darko location: the mansion of sleazy Jim Cunningham: 4252 Country Club Drive, Long Beach, Los Angeles

Donnie Darko location: Donnie Darko’s house: 4225 Country Club Drive, Long Beach, Los Angeles

Mommie Dearest location: Joan Crawford’s ‘Brentwood’ house: Amapola Lane, Bel Air - 417 Amapola Lane

Heathers location: ‘Westerburg High’: Osaka Sangyo University of Los Angeles, Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Studio City, San Fernando Valley

Heathers location: the funerals: Church of the Angels, 1100 Ave 64, Pasadena

Heathers location: The ending on the steps of ‘Westerburg High’: John Adams Middle School, 16th Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles

The opening croquet match was filmed in the statue garden of the Huntington Library and Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, east of Pasadena. The house and grounds have been seen in plenty of other movies, including Indecent Proposal, American Wedding, Memoirs of a Geisha and Serenity

Union Station in Downtown near Olvera Street

El Capitan: elcapitan.go.com

The Getty: http://www.getty.edu/

The Getty Villa: www.getty.edu/visit

The los Angeles Flower District: www.laflowerdistrict.com

The Hollywood Death Museum :http://museumofdeath.net/index.html

The Hollywood Heritage Museum: http://hollywoodheritage.org/

The Fashion District: www.fashiondistrict.org

The Jewelry District: the-jewelry-district.com

The Edison Bar: edisondowntown.com

Seven Grand Bar: sevengrand.la

Silverlake Wine:(they do wine tastings every M or Th) silverlakewine.com

Hollywood Farmer's Market: farmernet.com

Cabrillo Beach: www.cabrillobeachbathhouse.org

Paradise Cove: www.paradisecovemalibu.com

Little Tokyo
Chinatown
Olvera Street ( little mexico )
Union Station is there... you can take the subway if wanted.
It will save you time in the long run..

Also... there is a botanical garden on top of the roof of the grand Kioto hotel ( spelling could be wrong )

Breakfast:
Urth Cafe: 8565 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Great Food... Decent Prices (maybe $12 a pop) and Ive seen many B/C/D Actors here...
http://www.urthcaffe.com/ ( Close to Pacific Design Center )

The Griddle Cafe: 7916 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA (323) 874-0377
I have never been because it is so hard to get into in the mornings... I dont highly suggest going
but if you can, Ive never heard anything Bad but the wait....
http://www.thegriddlecafe.com/ ( you will have to drive to this location )

Le Pain Quotidien: 8607 Melrose Avenue, Melrose, West Hollywood, CA 90069-5010 (310) 854-3700
I love love love love love this place... next door to
Urth Cafe (above) but usually has less people in general.
They have the most AMAZING waffles ive ever eaten. Its single orders, but one is enough.
one waffle, a cup of coffee, side of fruit with whip cream... $12... not a bad way to start your day.
Plus... You are over looking Melrose Blvd...
lepainquotidien.us ( close to the Pacific Design Center )

* Hollywood & Highland Center is on Hollywood Boulevard, between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive.
The street winds down and becomes three lanes. You will then see the Hollywood
& Highland retail complex. The parking structure is on Highland Avenue next to the
Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa, north of Hollywood Blvd. Youll want to be in the
right lane. If you miss this entrance, Turn Right on Hollywood Blvd and go around the
complex. ( I believe this Option is for Valet... which is $6 more.. but hey, its $6 and your
only here for a night )
Self Parking: Entrances on Highland Avenue and Orange Drive. Effective July 1, 2011, parking rates are as follows: $2.00 for up to 2 hours with validation from participating retailers and restaurants (listed below). $2.00 for up to 4 hours with validation from Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Chinese 6 Theatres. $1.00 for every 15 minutes thereafter. Daily maximum is $10.00. Flat $10.00 rate after 10pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The structure is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Remember to use any one of the new Self-Serve Pay Kiosks before you return to your car. Kodak Theatre and the Grand Ballroom do not validate.

Auntie Anne's Pretzels BoHo Beard Papa California Pizza Kitchen Chinese 6 Theatres Coffee Plus
Fossil French Crepe Company Fresh Fire Kabob Gateway Newstand Gifts of Hollywood Great Steak & Potato Co.
Grauman's Chinese Theatre Green Earth Cafe Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe Rock Shop Hollywood Mongolian Grill
Johnny Rockets Kelly's Coffee & Fudge Koji's Sushi & Shabu Shabu Level 3 Nightclub Lucky Strike Lanes
Nestle Toll House Cafe Oakley Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factor Rolling Stone Restaurant & Lounge
Sephora Spa Luce (inside Renaissance Hollywood Hotel) Starbucks Starline Tours Sun Taco
The Grill on Hollywood Tasty Wraps and Sandwiches Trastevere Twist Restaurant (inside Renaissance Hollywood Hotel) Victoria's Secret Visitor Information Center
Valet Parking: For your convenience, valet parking is offered only at the Highland Avenue entrance at H&H Center for an additional $6.00.

* When arriving inside, you will be greeted with stores and where the
Oscars are held every year.
http://youtu.be/anoMd-RQw7M
Look up and read the movies.
http://youtu.be/0gOOs4vfz6U http://youtu.be/Yp0cgAuo3sg

You will walk out straight to the Hollywood and Highland area.

Turn to your right and you will walk up to Grauman's Chinese Theater...6925 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 90028 (323) 464-6266

This is where all the Hand prints are. If you really take your time looking at this, it can take about 45minutes. After you are done with with this, I suggest walking around and looking at the stores etc, as places on Hollywood Blvd close around 8pm on Sundays. Also, I wouldnt want to be walking on Hollywood too late. I would say take off before 7:30pm. After you have looked around, there is an amazing place up the street, reasonably priced. And its a part of the famous Roosevelt Hotel. The place is called 25 Degrees.

It is right in front/across the street from Madame Tussauds wax museum... a couple stores down from The Chinese Theater.

25 Degrees!: PHONE: 323.466.7000 RESERVATIONS: 800.950.7667 7000 HOLLYWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES, CA 90028

HTTP://WWW.THOMPSONHOTELS.COM/MEDIA/114038/25DDINNER.PDF

TS VERY OLD HOLLYWOOD FEEL.. BIG HUGE DARK RED LEATHER 1920 STYLED BOOTHS ...
PHOTOS CELEBRITIES ARE ALSO SEEN THERE MANY TIMES. - ITS THE ROOSEVELT!!!!! ALSO, YOU CAN ASK IF YOU CAN GO UP TO THE ROOF AND SEE THE VIEW. USUALLY ONLY ADULTS... AND THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE IT OPEN.. BUT IT NEVER HURTS TO ASK. THE POOL AND VIEW ARE AMAZING.
THERE.
THE ROOSEVELT HOTEL :

OR YOU CAN GO TO THE OLDEST PLACE IN HOLLYWOOD...... MUSSO AND FRANKS ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD.
6667 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028http://www.mussoandfrankgrill.com/

IF YOU ARE FEELING SOMETHING ELSE TO EAT OTHER THAN BURGERS...

THERE ARE ALWAYS MAMA/PAPA TYPE PIZZA,HOT DOG, AND BURGER PLACES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE. THERE IS ALSO THE DISNEY Place...

*I WOULD NOT SUGGEST GETTING A HOTEL FOR THE NIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD AS IT CAN GET PRICEY....OR ON SUNSET BLVD

THE SUNSET TOWER HOTEL ON SUNSET BLVD IS $325.00 A NIGHT ( I ALSO LOOKED UP YOUR DATE ) HTTP://WWW.SUNSETTOWERHOTEL.COM/

THE RAMADA IN WEST HOLLYWOOD 8585 SANTA MONICA BLVD IS IS $150-$160 A NIGHT HTTP://WWW.RAMADA.COM/HOTELS/CALIFORNIA/WEST-HOLLYWOOD/RAMADA-PLAZA-HOTEL-SUITES-WEST-HOLLYWOOD-BEVERLY-HILLS/HOTEL-OVERVIEW?HOTEL_ID=00320&CAMPAIGN_CODE=IP_LOCAL

THE WEST CHAMBERLIAN HOTEL: 1000 Westmount Drive West Hollywood, California 90069 T +1 310 657 7400 Reservations 800 201 9652
About $250 a night

Teach, Learn, Share

I love teaching others my amazing recipes

What I Can Share with Hosts

FOOOOOOOD!!!!!!

Do you like Curry..????
Then you will love my food.....

Countries I’ve Visited

England, France, Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Saudi Arabia, United States