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Overview

  • 15 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • For my work I deal with all things food and wine related
  • Bachelors
  • From Baltimore, Maryland
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To experience local sites, sounds and flavors both where I live and the places I visit.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is what you make of it with a dash of luck and some random chance

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted and when I have free time I hope to travel, meet interesting people, and see a local as only a local can show you. I'm willing to try almost anything once. Also through local events, happy hours, potlucks etc...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted several couch surfers before I joined the site and even met a few in bars and on other trips. The more I involve myself in the community the more I find many interesting people with diverse passions and interests.

Interests

I love the outdoors, hiking, rock climbing, yoga, scuba diving etc... to the indoors watching movies. I love cooking and going out and seeing the local food and bar scenes. I also enjoy collecting and tasting bourbons, something I have a lot of fun with. Aside from that museums, landmarks, ruins, and temples all fascinate me. I am always interested in learning new things.

  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • yoga
  • happy hour
  • movies
  • traveling
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • scuba diving
  • rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
The Lord of the Rings (trilogy), Oldboy, The Fighter, Blades of Glory, Sherlock Holmes (BBC version not a movie I think it counts), Dr. Who, the Kings speech, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, spirited away, save the green planet... and many many more

Music... too diverse to say but I will name a few.
Blackstar, beastie boys, mumford & sons, red hot chili peppers, tom paxton, battlefeild band, the roots, Iron Maiden, Jonathan Coulton etc... I am always up for finding something new.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Playing with a sea lion while scuba diving in La Paz

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach all about bourbons and wine. I also very much enjoy sharing m favorite dishes and learning to cook all different kinds of food.

Countries I’ve Visited

Anguilla, Cayman Islands, China, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, South Korea, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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