CURRENT MISSION

Living the good life.

ABOUT ME

Born and raised in New Mexico, but lived in Shanghai for a year until July 2009. Together we have traveled around the US, Panama, Hong Kong, and China. We have been together for eighteen years and it keeps getting better. We have two children.

PHILOSOPHY

A little bit of destiny. A lot of free will. Treat people well. Eat good food.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We started hosting in Shanghai and now we host in Albuquerque when we can. We attend local monthly CS potluck and events and Nicole has helped plan and host ABQ's Couch Crash. Some wonderful CSers hosted friends for our wedding, and we finally got to be the crashers in summer 2011 in Boston and Brunswick, Maine.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

100 % positive so far. We were essentially couch surfing and hosting traveling friends (and friends of friends) before the website, but this makes it so much easier and more secure.

Interests

Mandarin, Spanish, hula hooping, welding, juggling, cooking, camping, hot springs, reading

• dining
• cooking
• potluck
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• camping
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Todo Sobre Mi Madre, American Beauty, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Fight Club, Waking Life, Singing in the Rain, Princess Bride, SLAM, MirrorMask, Ghost Dog, Billy Elliot

Music:
Andrew Bird, Ani DiFranco, Jack Johnson, Manu Chao, Pixies, Gogol Bordello, Carla Bruni, The Distillers, Bitch, Bjork, Bob Marley, Xavier Rudd, Utah Phillips, Crisis, 这位太太 (Mrs. This), Kronos Quartet, Apocalyptica, CocoRosie, Vampire Weekend...

Books:
So many....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in Shanghai for one year.

Teach, Learn, Share

Hooping, welding, bookmaking, New Mexican cooking...

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Mexico, Panama, South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States

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