ABOUT ME

I live in Venice Beach, CA and I'm looking forward to meeting any wanderlust stricken traveler that might be passing through the southern cali area.
Help me see this city through your eyes!

Now time for bio:
I washed up on the shores of Santa Barbara, California a sandy, barnacle encrusted pile of flesh and blue eyes. Vulnerable, exposed, I would have easily been made a sea lion snack had a local family not found me on the beach and taken me in to their home. They fed me, taught me their language, their customs, gradually acclimating me to their society. From then on its been an uphill battle attempting to understand these people. At some point I ended up in Los Angeles, probably an attempt to speed up the acclimation process.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a hoster and a surfer! I haven't hosted very many people but when I do its always a positive experience!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I did a 3 week tour of Europe in 2009 that would not, I repeat, would NOT have been possible without this website and the wonderful people who use it. Couchsurfing embodies a way of life that I wish we would all embolden.

Interests

film, music, literature: anything done with sincerity is worth a shot.

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS - anything by Palahniuk, anything by Hawthorne, Bukowski, The Contortionists Handbook, The Third Policeman, The Dalkey Archive, Hard Life, novels by Alan Moore, novels by Art Spiegelman, Epileptic (by the great David B), Microserfs, Generation X, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Trainspotting, anything by Kafka but especially his short works, Edith Wharton, Amy Tan, Baudelaire, Bukowski and the list goes on...

MOVIES:
Films by Cronenberg, Fellini, Wes Anderson and much, much, more.

MUSIC:Animal Collective, T.V. on the Radio, Broken Social Scene, SEU JORGE,CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA,Bright Eyes, Joy Division, BROKEN SPINDLES,DEVENDRA BANHART,BELLE AND SEBESTIAN,Camera Obscura, MY MORNING JACKET, DRESDEN DOLLS, KRONOS QUARTET, SIGUR ROS, ROYKSOPP, MODEST MOUSE,ARCADE FIRE, DEVOTCHKA,Vetiver, IRON AND WINE,THE DUDE,DANCE DISASTER MOVEMENT,WORM IS GREEN, THE AQUABATS,DINOSAUR JR., THE DEARS, STARS, OF MONTREAL,T.V. ON THE RADIO, POSTAL SERVICE,The DOVES, MOBY, ERYKAH BADU, GEORGE SARAH, RADIOHEAD, ISLEY BROS.,KINGS OF CONVENIENCE,FINAL FANTASY,THIEVERY CORPORATION, YO-YO MA, MASSIVE ATTACK, THE FLAMING LIPS,BILLIE HOLIDAY, DAVID BOWIE,JIM WHITE, Dustin O'halloran, AL GREEN, DELTRON 3030,BLUR, CALEXICO, ,U2, ELLA FITZGERALD,EARTHA KIT, ETTA JAMES,JOHN WILLIAMS, CROSBY STILLS AND NASH ( YOUNG), KULA SHAKER, TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS, J5,JAMES BROWN, THE ROLLING STONES, THE WHO, THE DOORS, JANIS JOPLIN, JOHNNY CASH, ENNIO MORRICONE, )and much, much more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Wrote a book on e-dating!

What I Can Share with Hosts

All the sunshine and shoreline you can handle.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States