CURRENT MISSION

Non-artsy lover of the arts.

ABOUT ME

I'm 44 years old. Love good food, whether simple and straightforward or complicated and sophisticated. Have traveled extensively and always like places most where I know a local. I work in the arts, though not an artist, and tend to stay busy going to events. I'm easygoing.

I live with my partner and our dog, Dash (who is adorable and sweet but likes to chew things).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host. I've never surfed.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have met all kinds of folks. Some have wanted to hang out and some have just wanted a place to stay and been very busy with other stuff. I have no preconceived notion of how I wanted a surfer to behave. Sometimes I'm very busy ad can't entertain and sometimes I have a night free and happy going out for dinner, drinks, or cooking dinner at home.

Interests

Eating, cooking, reading, music, theater, dance, art.

• dogs
• arts
• theater
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• drinking
• reading
• music
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - William Faulkner, Roberto Bolano, Alice Munroe, Flannery O'Connor, Jose Saramago, J. M. Coetzee,Ian McEwan, Eudor Welty, Richard Ford, Richard Wright, Virginia Woolf, Cormac McCarthy, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Harry Crews, Andrea Barrett, Marilyn Robinson, Marcel Proust

Music - Decemberists, Feist, Stevie Wonder, Belle and Sebastian, Maxwell, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Wilco, Jayhawks, Gillian Welch, Patti Griffin, Animal Collective, The National, Sufjan Stevens, Janelle Monae, the Antlers, Fleet Foxes

Movies: Wings of Desire,The Royal Tannenbaums, I Am Love (or anything else with Tilda Swinton)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Angor Wat in Cambodia; Forbidden City in Beijing; food in Southern India; hot dogs at Hot Dougs in Chicago; the Caribbean sea in Belize; the Black Hills in South Dakota; a cooking class at the Blue Elephant in Bangkok; Mt. Denali in Alaska;