CURRENT MISSION

Take a wild tangent while on my current mission.

ABOUT ME

I live in Bilbao. American, honorary Catalan.

PHILOSOPHY

"Never go with a hippie to a second location."

"It has been observed that all Americans need a frontier..."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf and would like to host, but I always seem to live in places no one visits.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Once or twice. Aching to do more, but live on a tight budget.

Interests

I like electronic music and jam bands and go to lots of concerts. It's a pastime. Also into art, cooking (I can make some mean Southern, Italian, and Catalan food) and drinking wine or beer while cooking. The first place I go wherever I am is the museum, art or otherwise. I like the outdoors but mainly just hiking. In the winter I ski. I haven't missed a season in 20 years.

• arts
• concerts
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• drinking
• music
• electronic music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• skiing
• art history
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, Daedelus, Fleetwood Mac, Gotan Project, STS9, Massive Attack, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Thievery Corp, Mary Anne Hobbs, Massive Attack, Gotan Project, CSN(&Y).

Books: The Satanic Verses, Midnight's Children, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, A Song of Ice and Fire, Harry Potter, The Handmaid's Tale, self proclaimed Shakespeare nerd, War and Peace, In Cold Blood, The Year of Magical Thinking, On Beauty, NW, To the Lighthouse, The Years of Lyndon Johnson (currently on Path to Power), all Ernest Hemingway.

Movies: Too many. Woody Allen movies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen 23 years of my life which is pretty amazing considering.

Teach, Learn, Share

I majored in art history so I know a bit about that but am still woefully ignorant. I speak serviceable Spanish and Catalan. Enough to teach a novice. I can always share some wine with someone. And my roommate says I play a good country song on the guitar, but its the only one I know and I play very badly.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Spain, United States

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