Note: If it says I'm unavailable on your dates (maybe even all dates) it's because I really am unavailable then.

I'm left-handed and a little bit too honest.

I am impassioned by food and wine more than anything else, but new places, new people, new experiences, and death-defiance are also staples in my lifestyle. I love to travel and am kind of nomadic because I can work anywhere.

Speaking of work, I do have a job, so I cannot always play tour guide.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It has been a great pleasure for me to be able to meet people from around the world--like traveling while at home. Also I like to cook but nobody likes to cook for just one!

Interests

Food and drink, climbing, skydiving, kite boarding, skiing, new places, tropical beaches, all forms of novel measured risk.

Music, Movies, and Books

(Dated, all of this, but still more or less true.)

Lately, I have succumbed to television more than movies. I like Bored to Death, Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Portlandia, Family Guy, South Park, and Archer.

But I enjoy films, too. Twelve Years a Slave, Headhunter, Gone Girl, Her, Wes Anderson, Coen brothers.

Favorite composer: Philip Glass. My musical tastes outside of avant garde lately tend toward indie folk (eg, The Fleet Foxes, Sea Wolf) and blues rock (eg, The Black Keys and Creedence Clearwater Revival). Here's me on last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/pqrstuv

Some favorite authors: Malcolm Gladwell, Jeffrey Steingarten, Harold McGee, David Foster Wallace, Borges. Best book in recent memory: Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just one?

The old city in Jerusalem was remarkable. It's like a thousands-of-years-old religion-themed theme park. The Dead Sea was also amazing.

Diving in southern Thailand is pretty incredible, too, but I think it's hard to appreciate the variety of fish in one place until you've been several others with less interesting fish.

Speaking of diving, one's first solo skydive is always pretty amazing.

One time, years ago, I was spooning with an ex-ex-ex-...-girlfriend, and everything just felt OK--peaceful and right and happy. I didn't realize it then, but that was amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to dice an onion very quickly, how to prepare and eat sea urchin, or how to saute scallops perfectly.

I want to learn what makes people happy, what makes them do what they do, and what life is like in other places.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belize, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Romania, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, France, Mexico, Romania, United States

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