CURRENT MISSION

it's summer

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

spent summer 07 hitchhiking and couchsurfing in western europe,
then fall winter and spring occasionally hosting in new brunswick, new jersey.
summer/fall '08 took a trip across the us and up the west coast, and spent about three weeks farming in washington. i did some couchsurfing along the way.
now i'm settled in philly for a while.

Interests

linguistics, dialects, bilingual education, ipa (international phonetic alphabet, india pale ale), local music and shows, community, potlucks, picnics, indian food, vegan baking, tea, coffee, being outside, fruit trees, bikes, postcards, hiking, camping, cities, street art, yoga, exploring, hitchhiking, drumming, treehouses, dogs, kids, fun

• dogs
• arts
• books
• street art
• education
• dining
• indian food
• coffee
• baking
• vegan
• yoga
• clothing
• knitting
• music
• drums
• hiking
• camping
• dialects
• teaching
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

authors: vonnegut, cotzee, goethe, orwell
books on gardening

music: beat happening, sonic youth, marlene dietrich, magnetic fields, the extraordinaires, kickball, gang of four, black flag, nancy sinatra

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach you how to sew together scrap paper to make books. i can teach you to knit, sewing machine basics or how to tailor your clothes. we could do yoga. i could also help you with english or german and i'd love to learn about your language, either what makes it unique or a few phrases.

i'm learning (1)spanish and (2)to play drums. i'm not so good at either. let's talk! let's play music!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States