CURRENT MISSION

make the world a better place and drink some good wine while doing it. is that trite? sorry!

ABOUT ME

I worked as a chef for 20+ years, though now I'm teaching ESL I still LOVE to cook. I have a small funny dog who has been to 11 countries with me on 3 different continents. I love to swim in beautiful clear water even though I'm terrified of it at the same time. I've been to 6 continents and would be excited to visit just about any country in the world. I love to laugh, travel, hang out & read, eat, have a glass of wine or a margarita, and to share all of those things with friends old and new.

PHILOSOPHY

under construction

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

so far so great

Interests

travel, food, wine, yoga, hiking, history, gardening,

• dogs
• fish
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• yoga
• drinking
• gardening
• boating
• traveling
• fishing
• hiking
• swimming
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Roald Dahl, Tolkein, Larry McMurtry, Bronte (pick one), Russel Banks, Jonah Winter, Harry Potter series, Strunk and White

Stevie Wonder, Beatles, Neil Young, Earth Wind & Fire, INXS, Bowie, Paul Simon, Michael Jackson, Commodores/Lionel, John Williams, Metallica, Christopher Parkening, George Michael, Madonna, most 80's/waver music, Snoop Dog, Yanni, AC/DC, Fleetwood Mac

The Godfather 1 & 2, Raising Arizona, The Accidental Tourist, LOTR trilogy, Sixteen Candles, original Star Wars trilogy, Blues Brothers, Au Revoir Les Enfants, The King's Speech, Clueless, Sense and Sensibility, Inglorious Basterds, Fight Club, Gandhi, Europa Europa

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

was in Berlin for the German reunification in 1990

sitting in a small boat on the Strait of Georgia surrounded by a pod of Orca watching 2 bald eagles fish and eat

I've cooked dinner for Presidents Ford, Carter, Clinton, Gore (he WAS the popular vote winner!), Neil Young (though Canadian, he might make a nice president), Steven Hawking (smarter than all presidents) and a whole load of other interesting and/or famous people (who are almost all shorter than I am)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

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