CURRENT MISSION

Learning to live, living to learn

ABOUT ME

We got married in 2006, after I graduated from college, and moved out here to the Bay Area. He's in grad school studying mechanical engineering, and I'm working right now and attending grad school for English Lit. Pete's from Montana, I'm from Philadelphia, we went to school in Texas, and somehow ended up married and in the Silicon Valley. Who could have ever predicted?

PHILOSOPHY

"For in truth great love is born of great knowledge of the thing loved."
-Leonardo da Vinci

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My husband and I have a couch which we like to offer to anyone who visits the area. I think hospitality is a hugely important way of transforming our world and culture. We also love traveling ourselves, but we're always on a limited budget, so couchsurfing could certainly come in handy.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We've had a few great experiences with people staying with us, but have yet to couchsurf ourselves.

兴趣

Traveling, having people over to our apartment, exploring the amazingly diverse Bay Area, California weather, making friends, reading literature, hiking (Pete loves backpacking, but I'm not there yet:), cooking (at least I do--Pete's still working on that one), trying new things,...

• culture
• books
• literature
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• engineering

音乐、电影和书籍

Charissa: This is a rough question for an English major...I'll go for favorite authors. CS Lewis, Flannery O'Connor, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, PG Wodehouse, John Steinbeck, Charles Dickens, John Piper, Gary Thomas, EM Forrester...and I must admit that I have been sucked into the Harry Potter craze (after resisting for at least four years). As for movies, I go for almost anything that compels me to contemplation and doesn't make me cringe too much.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I once saw a dead armadillo on the side of the road with all four feet sticking straight up and a beer bottle sticking out of its mouth. Unbelievable.

教，学，和分享

I love cooking and all things food-related. I also love books. So bring some food and books or enjoy mine!

我游览过的国家

Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Mexico

我居住过的国家

Germany, Philippines, United States