CURRENT MISSION

finish writing the new novel, build my photography business up,

ABOUT ME

I care deeply about food, art and human rights. I thought I was attached to an urban life. I love travel, especially with my wife, Adeline. Wooded bike rides, beach jogs? great quiet, fishing? a fabulous library. I like to dance and laugh. I'm contemplative. Someday I aspire to be a wise and loving father. I love owning my labor. I make things, like bookshelves, beef rendang, and chocolate truffles.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host couchsurfers on my couches from time to time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have used Hospitality Club and Global Free Loaders in Eastern Europe. I met many funny and warm people in my travels. I'm excited to show people San Francisco.

Interests

Public transportation, the end of nationalism, soccer, secularism, tiramisu, road bikes, Bread baking, wine drinking, dark chocolate, human dignity, and of course Banya. I miss Banya every day.

• arts
• writing
• books
• dancing
• human rights
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• baking
• drinking
• flying
• gardening
• cycling
• fishing
• soccer
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Velvet Underground, Bon Iver, Otis Redding, Fela Kuti, Joanna Newsom, Nas, Afrika Bambata, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Don Cherry, Antony and the Johnsons

Notre Musique is immense, The Bicycle Thief is my favorite movie, Masculin Feminin, Weekend, Night on Earth, Dead Man, Black Orpheus, Dziga Vertov, Love and Anarchy, My Name is Joe, Leigh M, The Idiots, Von Trier, The Celebration, Pasolini,

Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, The work of art in the age of its mechanical reproduction, Lolita, Louise Gluck, James Wright, Virginia Woolf, Berryman, Zweig P, The OED, Moby Dick, Paul Celan, Galway Kinnell, JM Coetzee, Lorrie Moore, Leo Tolstoy, Rainer Maria Rilke, Charles Wright, In the Night Kitchen, Vladimir Nabokov,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It was magical to arrive in Helsinki before the sun came out and walk down an empty pedestrian thoroughfare. I love getting things done in languages I can barely understand like buying a phone card or a potato card.

I once had the opportunity to fly over Montreal in a four person Cesna airplane. That was ...mwah! We even got a dusting of snow while we were up there.

Exploring the caves of Cappadocia. Exploring the temples of Bagan. Motorbiking in rural Vietnam. Exploring the bayou in Louisiana. Playing in the redwoods on the California coast. Hiking in Parque Tayrona Colombia. Riding the Teleferico in Bogota. OMG, Angkor Wat!! Snorkeling with turtles off Lombok, Indonesia.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Not lacking in the practical skills department. I'm secretly a wildly talented chef. So there's that. My dad's a carpenter, and I made a living fixing homes for half a decade in my twenties. I can rehang a door, so it latches. I'm handy. I do a bit of business consulting on the side, so if you have a small business or and idea, and you want to brainstorm it into existence, or profitability, etc. I'm happy to help.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Myanmar, Poland, Russian Federation, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States