Like most of us, I have a long story, but I feel that the version worth sharing really begins somewhere around January, 2015 when my partner Ryan and I decided that we couldn’t do “it” anymore. The nine-to-fives, the commute, the pant suits and collared shirts, the mortgage, the debilitating Michigan winters, the traffic, the noise, and on and on the list goes.

So here’s what happened: We quit our lives and decided to move from Detroit to Bisbee, Arizona, a small, middle-of-nowhere-town that's 90 miles from the nearest airport. Together, we reinvented our lives and are currently running a Bed and Breakfast, riding motorcycles, making music, making art, reading books, exploring, hiking, taking lots of photos and being thankful that we found each other.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

What is life without relationships and your experiences? I am firm believer that a life well-lived is built on unique relationships, shared experiences and travel. I think the beauty of Couchsurfing is that these three things converge so wonderfully. Very much looking forward to meeting new people and sharing the journey!

Interests

Good films, antiquing/thrifting, spinning my vinyls, making art, hiking, travel, yoga, motorcycles, cooking, costuming, photography...My favorite thing to shoot on right now is my 70's Polaroid Land Camera. <3

• arts
• photography
• cooking
• coffee
• yoga
• motorcycles
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Eclectic tastes all around.

Music: Depeche Mode, The Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Beach Boys, The Cure, David Bowie, Prince, Fleetwood Mac, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke, Cocteau Twins, Duran Duran, tr/st, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Django Reinhardt, Broods, London Grammar....the list goes on and on....

Movies: I've become quite the die-hard Hitchcock fan in recent years.... can't seem to enough of him or Woody Allen or Tarantino. Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Casablanca, American Beauty, Edward Scissorhands, The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Pretty in Pink, Texas Chainsaw Massacre...I can't ever pass up on a good horror movie...

A few fav writers/authors: Stephen King, Rainier Maria Rilke, Sylvia Plath, F. Scott Fitzgerald, J. K. Rowling...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Flipping my life upside to follow my dreams and create a new life with my partner in the middle of the high desert.

Time spent WWOOF-ing... met some of the most incredible people and had some of the most memorable experiences of my life; like rescuing 40,000 honey bees out of a wall in Montecito. Five hours, gallons of honey and 6 bee stings later the bees were safely brought back to the ranch I was working on.

Meeting one of my closest friends in Europe on a whim during the summer of 2014, it was my first time there and although it was brief I am certain it changed me forever.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal