Life and human enthusiast, genuinely interested in your newest and most ridiculous million dollar idea (tell me all about it). I’m partial to Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian cuisine. A serious flexitarian, in that I rarely cook myself meat, but will never pass up a meat based dish when travelling. Currently living on a rice and beans kind of budget (maybe a bottle of wine, too)!

I love exploring and find almost as must satisfaction in the planning portion of a trip as the trip itself. I do about as much research on the history of the city as I do googling the best photo ops. I contain multitudes!

I have always been super enthralled with human migration over the course of history and can hit you with a ton of statistics on the racial makeup/cultural influence/migration trends of any given country during any time period (ok, that’s a ridiculous claim! But I know a fair bit).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To hang out with rad people and exchange stories of travelling misadventures and mishaps, to share food and shelter with people who I might not otherwise have met travelling the hostel-hotel route.

Interests

armchair philosophy, trash talk during beer league, mid-century modern architecture, cycling long distances for no good reason, obnoxiously loud button ups tees, archipelagos, LOVE A GOOD ARCHIPELAGO, no for real, I love archipelagos, humming a song enough times in a row that I finally figure out what song it is(!!!!), buying books with the intention of reading them

Music, Movies, and Books

music:
The Cure, SWMRS, The Eagles, Tame Impala, Lizzo, Kaytranada, RCHP, City & Colour, Patrick Park, Skeggs, Hockey Dad, Britney Spears, Sticky Fingers, Irish Tenors, Chance The Rapper, Joey Purp, The Guess Who, Dominic Fike, Weezer, Poolside, Kid Cudi, Alt-J, Aminé, Anderson .Paak, Arcade Fire, Billie Holiday, The Internet, Janelle Monae, Leonard Cohen

movies:
The Departed, Tommy Boy, Melancholia, The Truman Show, Superbad, Fargo, The Usual Suspects, Esteros

books:
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My friend and I cycled down the west coast of the USA for a couple months

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some primitive French with a terrible accent
I can teach about Canadian culture and food (we really are an annoyingly proud bunch)
I’d love to learn how to play any instrument really
I’d love to learn anything I know nothing about
I can share hilarious travelling misadventures
I can share some meals from my mom’s recipe archive (it’s a good thing you’ll have tried my version first)
I can share a hug if you need it, too!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share food, music, drinks, I’m open to anything and everything you have to show me in your city! I would love to cook you up a meal and talk about life!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Israel, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Palestine, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Viet Nam