CURRENT MISSION

Meet you!

ABOUT ME

I'm a traveler and a host who has been to 22 countries and met so many kind, amazing people along the way, in and outside of CS. When I'm not traveling I'm still doing something I love at home like practicing photography, making art, gardening, cooking, going out with friends, practicing yoga, or planning my next adventure.

PHILOSOPHY

"Everything passes, everything changes, just do what you think you should do." -Bob Dylan

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed several times throughout countries around the world including Spain, India, China, Japan, Malaysia, and the US, and have hosted people from all over since early 2009.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosting has proved to be one of the most enjoyable things I've done with my life. I've hosted people from around the world with all sorts of different personalities and talents. I've had unicycling, fire-blowing guests, so many great bands who sometimes played shows at my previous house, business men and women in town for Warren Buffet's Bershire Hathoway conference, traveling videographers and comedians, a well-established hypnotist, and so many others. I love CS because of the variety of people I have been able to meet through both hosting and surfing.

Interests

I love learning and trying new things--there's always something new out there. Some of the things I once tried and now love are: biking, gardening, taking photos, hiking, rock climbing, drawing, painting, playing music, going to shows, yoga, watching movies, playing card games, and of course traveling!

• arts
• photography
• cooking
• yoga
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• rock climbing
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: My musical interests are always changing but for now I'm really into: Jim Croce, The Growlers, Purity Ring, Lil Green, Simon and Garfunkel, Pavement, Hop Along, Pixies, Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, People Under the Stairs, A Tribe Called Quest, Dead Ghosts, The Dodos, King Khan, King Tuff, Onda Vaga, Manu Chau, Neko Case, Mazzy Star, Tame Impala, Ty Segall

MOVIES/TV: Bob's Burgers, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, most of Wes Anderson or Hayao Miyazaki's films (The Darjeeling limited, Royal Tenenbaums, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro), Game of Thrones, Orange is the New Black, The Mighty BOOSH, American Horror Story, Parks and Recreation, Portlandia

BOOKS/AUTHORS: Currently reading and loving "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hermingay, and Women Who Run With the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.. Excited to get into Joan Halifax's "The Fruitful Darkness" and Haruki Murakami's "Windup Bird Chronicle". "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway is one of my favorite books, Tom Robbins is one of my favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut is great, Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac is too, John Steinbeck's "The Pearl", "Cannery Row", and "Sweet Thursday" speak to me, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevski is mindblowing.. I also read a lot about tarot and gardening here and there.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I circumnavigated the globe in 111 days, visiting 12 countries along the way and staying with some of the most amazing hosts I've ever met!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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