I am a San Francisco native who studied grape growing and winemaking, which is now my career. I am a dual citizen of the US and the EU (Italy).

I am polite and respectful, pensive and goofy.
I am unable to multitask and I value in-person interaction above all

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

After travelling for 17 months i've come to realize that the experience is less about the places you see, but more about the people you meet. I hope to make solid friendships any way possible. CS is a suitable tool for this goal.

Interests

Dancing, Inventing, Cooking, Gardening, Pruning, Sewing, Woodworking, Welding, Biking, listening to stories

I daydream about the anthropology of the future; specifically, clothing, diet/food systems, housing, energy generation, water sourcing and weather manipulation in the face of global climate change.

My personal legend is to build an ecosystem (or bio-engine) based on aquaponics using permaculture principles

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Ratatat, Toro y Moi, Alabama Shakes, Tame Impala, Cesaria Evora, Muddy Waters, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, James Brown, Erykah Badu, Shabazz Palaces, Mac Dre, Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg.....I like anything that is funky or saudade. Dancing is my favorite activity

Movies: Akira, Broken Flowers, Stanger than Paradise, Dead Man, Black Swan, Django, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind, Planet Earth, No Country for Old Men

Books: The One Straw Revolution, Song of Solomon, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ender's Game

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Drinking tea on a mountain watching rainclouds pass by

Teach, Learn, Share

lets have tea and take walks.

What I Can Share with Hosts

enthusiasm, perspective, wine

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States