Hey all! Before you read below, I get inindated with requests, I get 10-20 a day and cannot keep up with all of the emails. We accept 1-2 requests per month. It's great to have such a great response but it's not something we can reasonably keep up. Please do not take it personal if I don't respond. Right now I'm accepting offers from April 15 onward.

I'm Darcy! I'm originally from San Francisco and moved to NYC 12 years ago to persue a career as a fashion stylist. I changed careers a couple years ago and am now finishing a Masters degree in Chinese Medicine. I live in Jersey City (Brooklyn got to expensive) with my husband of 10 years, Jim and our two cats.

I have my massage practice in Brooklyn. I work 3 days a week and the other days I am mostly studying but we have time to show folks around town!

I've been all over the world thanks to my previous job! UK, France, Italy, Morocco, Bahamas, Montreal, St. Barth's, Jamaica, St. Martin, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Brazil, Hawaii, to name some places. This year (2014) Jim and I have trips planned to Dubai + Abu Dhabi, France, Italy, and China!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's great to meet new people while traveling and connect in ways you might not have a chance to at home. That's what I love most about travel. Jim and I are both getting older and don't travel and stay in hostels like we used to when we were 20 and it gives us to connect with others in a similar way, find new experiences in our own city, and hopefully find some places to stay when we travel!

We are busy adults but we most certainly can come on adventures when time permits and are always open to conversation with our crashers!

Interests

Our interests include music + film (Jim works in the film industry and does experimental music), DIY projects, making art, and foodie stuff.

• cats
• arts
• fashion
• diy
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

This list is Darcy's from 2006, I don't know what to say beyond your standard inde fare... high + low brow both.

2006's list: Amelie, Pulp Fiction, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Kill Bill Vol 1; It's a Wonderful Life(seriously), Ghost World, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Requiem for a Dream, Breathless, The Life Aquatic, Manhattan, The Apple, anything with zombies, Garden State, every single Audrey Hepburn movie, The Princess Bride, The Science of Sleep, City of God, Run Lola Run, Say Anything, Life is Beautiful, Cannibal the musical, Baz Lurhman and Sopia Coppola films, Labrynth, Myra Breckinridge and anything that is incredibly indulgent, or visual, or both.
The Arcade Fire, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Weezer, LCD Soundsystem, Edith Piaf, Bob Dylan, Goldfrapp, Bjork, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Raveonettes,The Cure, The Plus Ones, Ok Go, Elastica, The Rentals, The Postal Service, The New Pornographers, Neutral Milk Hotel, Dressy Bessy, The Kinks, The Velvet Teen, The Pixies, Mos Def, The Roots, David Bowie, Minus the Bear, Go Sailor, The Shins, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Walkmen, Seu Jorge, Deathcab for Cutie, The Rapture, Sonic Youth,Mum, Adem, Hum, The Bouncing Souls and a lot more.. too much to mention

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, 1984, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series. I haven't read anything since 1995. I'm sort of counter-acting the whole new-intellectual thing.. I also enjoy histories, biographies, travel books (both info guides and travel journals), photography and anthropology books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taking a great leap of faith changing career directions. Watching my heart grow and getting to connect with people every day at work. Traveling alone on a whim to far flung places.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm not sure about this section but we can show you some places around our city or give you some great tips

What I Can Share with Hosts

Mean cooking skills (ok not mean, but I try) and hilarious stories and laughs.

We get a lot of requests. 10+ per day, sometimes i am not able to log in for a few days. We only host 2x per month since that's all our schedule will allow. Please check in with us though.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Curaçao, France, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, Peru, Russian Federation, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States