Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting people is the most important part of traveling to me. I want to engage with creative communities in unfamiliar places.

Interests

Painting, drawing, writing, feminism, picnics, potlucks, biking, zines and comics, cooking indian food, swimming in lakes, libraries, thrifting, sewing, making clothes, art collectives, afternoon naps in the grass, rain, cats, collecting records, watching documentaries, playing my banjo, urban exploration, making tapes, story telling, community building, good beer, the prairie, activism, hanging out on my sunporch, listening to NPR, drinking tea

• cats
• arts
• writing
• documentaries
• womens rights
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• indian food
• beer
• drinking
• thrifting
• clothing
• comics
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• cycling
• swimming
• lakes
• urban exploration

Music, Movies, and Books

Bikini Kill, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, The Cranberries, Velvet Underground, Neil Young, Patsy Kline, Sleater-Kinney, The Zombies, T Rex, Cocteau Twins, The Kinks, Townes van Zandt, Nico, Sonic Youth

David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Pedro Almodovar, John Waters

100 Years of Solitude, White Noise, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Truman Capote, Richard Brautigan, David Foster Wallace

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I had the incredible opportunity to live in Vadodara, Gujarat, India for four months while working on a documentary about Indian wedding musicians.

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If we meet I can tell you more about it!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to cook for people, share recipes, weed their gardens, do their dishes, give away my zines, make art together, tell people about where I am from, learn about new people

What I Can Share with Hosts

Ideas, creativity, stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, India, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States