I grew up and lived most of my life in Paris, did a lot of traveling all around Europe, Asia for work and pleasure for 7 years, moved to the Bay area 5 years ago, living now in Oakland.

I love to explore and to learn new things.

I enjoy cycling, getting outside as much as I can, discovering new music, archery, cooking, making beer, making cheese, making the perfect cappuccino, traveling around the world, exploring abandoned places, swimming holes, hot springs, flea/farmers markets, photography and just getting lost.

Currently actively learning Spanish.

Interests

music, movies, books, exploration, traveling, meeting people, food, art, theater, dance

• arts
• books
• theater
• dancing
• dining
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• jewish

Music, Movies, and Books

Can't decide on "favorites". There is just things I connect to more based on time, place, people. Here are some current picks.

So much music, here's a small selection of what I am listening lately: Fugazi, Tinariwen, Miles Davis, Faith No More, Talking Heads, Ali Farka Touré, Muddy Waters, Amon Tobin, Bad Brains, Einsturzende Neubauten, Hello Saferide, Lila Downs, Chavela Vargas, Son de Madera, Gary Clark Jr., Ana Tijoux, Amalia Rodrigues, Natalia Lafourcade, The Roots, Moderat, Radiohead, A Tribe Called Quest, Johnny Cash, Massic Attack, Burial, Made out of Babies, Stephen Stills, Bob Dylan.

Movies: Old movies, new movies, movies from everywhere. I prefer movies that challenge you and not just instant rewards.
Children of Paradise, Head On, On The Waterfront, Casablanca, La Haine, Kagemusha, Closely Watched Trains, Seventh Seal, Stalker, The King and the Mockingbird, Only Lovers Left Alive, Chinatown, Laurence Anyways, Blade Runner, Ali: Fear Eats Soul, the Third Man, Blue Velvet, Amour, Nostalgia For the Light, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Spirited Away, Days of Heaven, Leviathan, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, Persona, Fargo, The Dance of Reality, Chinatown, Blade Runner, Lawrence of Arabia, A Bout de Souffle.

Books: Flowers Of Evil by Baudelaire, Things Fall Apart by Achebe, The Hunter Is A Lonely Heart by McCullers, I Served the King of England by Hrabal, The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Brave New World by Huxley, The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman, The Dune Cycle by Frank Herbert, L'Assommoir (The Dram Shop) by Emile Zola, L'Écume des jours by Boris Vian, Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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