CURRENT MISSION

Travel, travel, travel.. meet new people

ABOUT ME

I sell, teach, and write about wine. My life's work and love is wine and food, cooking, music and film, yoga, everything outdoors, travel.. . I am currently living, and working and selling wine in Portland, Oregon. I have been settling into Portland nicely for the past year after two years abroad working and traveling in the Maldives, India, Sydney, Sicily, and Uruguay...

PHILOSOPHY

belief in my instincts and people, sharing happiness, feel more and think less

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Set up in Portland, I am happy to host, swap apartments, meet new people and explore Portland with visitors and new friends!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Vancouver, BC, Uruguay, Athens, Santorini, Kephalonia, Greece, Paris, Rhone Valley, Champagne.. I took a tour, part wine business, part pilgrimage to visit winemakers and tour Greece. I had wonderful couchsurfing experiences in Uruguay.

Interests

Too much to list- reading, cooking, yoga, film, gardening- herbs, wine and food pairing, origins/history of food/wine: touring regional/terroir specific parts of countries, supper clubs, biking, visiting natural spas, hiking...

• spas
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• yoga
• clubbing
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• swimming
• business
• history
• international relations

Music, Movies, and Books

lately.... Roberto Bolano, The Savage Detectives and 2666, Antonio Munoz Molina, Sepharad, Bill Buford, Heat, The City of your Final Destination Peter Cameron, Bhagavad Gita, new translation Stephen Mitchell, Midnight in Sicily, Peter Robb, Mad Men...Groove Collective, Jorge Drexler, Nick Cave, Calixico, Iron and Wine, Bob Marley, Wilco, Susana Baca, Mike Borga, Jack Johnson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I made it to the top of the tallest Mayan Pyramid in Coba..in the Mexican Yucatan on my 40th birthday. I've been thinking about the Mayan concept of time since then, and try to respect the time we have everyday in our modern lives and balance that with rest....
Swimming with sharks and sting rays in the Maldives, and spent 3 wonderful months living next to Mt Etna!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd like to learn to speak Spanish!! I can teach cooking, wine, nutrition...wine, food, restaurant business skills, international relations..

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Greece, Italy, Maldives, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States

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