CURRENT MISSION

Have many adventures, and connect deeply

ABOUT ME

Hello! I am Emily. I love good food, good music, and good people, close at hand. I am passionate about learning about the world and its many cultures and experiencing them for myself through travel and through meeting travelers.

I love seeing live music, dancing, working on my record collection, and playing my accordion and the occasional song on piano or guitar. I'm learning to play banjo now too.

I love spending time in nature. I grew up in the redwoods of Northern California, and then the temperate rainforest of BC. After a stint of living back in SF, I now live in New Orleans and spend my days parading through streets, dancing a lot, eating great food and smiling at people on their porches.

One of my greatest pleasures is cooking great meals for friends and family, and love exploring the many delights of food.

I want to move to Latin America to perfect my spanish and want to try my hand at woofing in brazil. I am all about experiencing the depths of awesomeness that the universe has to offer if you are open for the adventure.

PHILOSOPHY

Live a life that is true to your soul. Take risks and try new things. Share what you have. Strong community is one of the most important things one can have.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I first heard about Couchsurfing when I lived in Vancouver BC in a very creative artistic house with amazing people. We hosted several travelers and it was great. I have since traveled across the US couchsurfing the whole way. I met some great characters and it opened me up to the fact that there are chill people doing chill things everywhere. Since I've moved to NOLA, I live in a house of couchsurfers and we have hosted tons of people. It's always an adventure.

Interests

Cooking, art, music, culture, new languages, the beach, the woods, jungles, sitting on my porch with the roommates for hours at a time sippin' on a brew and watching life pass us by

• arts
• culture
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• traveling
• music
• live music
• guitar
• piano
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Reggae, Funk, Blues, Jazz, Hip Hop are my favorite genres among many others. To name a few artists I dig: Gregory Isaacs, Barrington Levy, Burning Spear, Buju Banton, Culture, Desmond Dekker, Ernest Ranglin, Eek-A-Mouse, Isreal Vibration, Lee Scratch Perry, Linval Thompson, Steel Pulse, The Wailing Souls, The Neville Brothers, Parliamant Funkadelic, Sly and the Family Stone, Dr. John, Graham Central Station, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Billy Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Mahalia Jackson, Mississippi John Hurt, Django Reihnhardt, Ellmore James, Ry Cooder, Steely Dan, Tom Waits, Robert Johnson, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Stan Getz, Thelonious Monk, Joni Mitchell, Ween, Andre Nickatina, Snoop Dogg, WuTang Clan, Mac Dre, Bay area rap in genral like Too Short, Eazy-E, E40, Notorious BIG, Public Enemy, I like latin Music like Salsa, Cumbia, and Reggaeton, etc. This list goes on.

My favorite movies are: Harold and Maude, Natural Born Killers, Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Baraka...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Burning Man is a pretty amazing experience that I have been lucky to partake it. Spending a few nights in the jungle in Chiapas in southern Mexico and Belize was also an experience I will not forget. New Orleans never ceases to blow my mind on a daily basis.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to cook and swap recipes. I speak Spanish but always want to practice and learn more. I enjoy art, looking at it, and making it. I love playing music, namely accordion and piano, but im learning banjo too. Would love to teach what I know and learn more!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Peru, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States

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