CURRENT MISSION

Make mead.

ABOUT ME

I moved to Madison last year and am enjoying the fresh fruits & vegetables, meeting new people and exploring the city. I am a barista, a homebrewer, an animal lover, and an all around purveyor of life's epicure. I like drinking, eating, and talking about anything.

PHILOSOPHY

There are no bad vegetables, only overcooked ones.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted Jonah in August 2008.
Hosted Tierney in February 2009.
Hosted lots of bands on tour.
Meeting various couchsurfers at the coffeeshop.

Being hosted by lots of people on the road (and telling some of them about couchsurfing along the way!) Somehow I always planned on staying for a couple days and then ended up staying for days because I got along so well with my hosts... I only had one bad experience in a month and a half of couchsurfing, so I think it's a pretty good way to meet like-minded people and definitely the best way to travel.

Interests

Reading, drinking juice/beer/wine/scotch/tea/coffee, listening to/making music, Palestinian solidarity, cooking, eating vegetables, gardening, growing my own food, dumpsterdiving, anarchism, radical feminism, Finland, biking, garlic, making and eating fermented food, pickling, knitting, tarot cards, yoga, petting dogs, squatting, ginger, urban foraging, traveling, cheese, raw foods, nomads, drawing, painting, cast iron skillets, spicy food, making things.

• animals
• dogs
• womens rights
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• cheese
• beer
• coffee
• baking
• raw food
• yoga
• drinking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• painting
• drawing
• music
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies- Repo Man, 8 1/2, This is Spinal Tap, Tokyo Drifter, Battles without Honor or Humanity, Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion, Santa Sangre, Blue Velvet, Jules & Jim, Tetsuo the Iron Man, documentaries, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Dr. Strangelove, Lone Wolf & Cub, Akira.

Books- I like books by Günter Grass, Kurt Vonnegut, Ken Kesey, John Fowles, John Kennedy Toole, Monique Wittig, Jim Thompson, Simone de Beauvoir, Oliver Sacks, and lots of other authors.

Music- Gary Wilson, Yma Sumac, Margo Guryan, Sparks, Kraftwerk, Tony Conrad, Debris', Francois Hardy, Cambodian pop, anything weird obscure awesome.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like learning and teaching about cooking, baking, knitting, building cob and underground houses, bike repair.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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