CURRENT MISSION

New Year’s Eve in New York City!
I spent the past decade in New Mexico, Hawai’i and in between.

NYE in NYC represents my desire to open a new chapter in my life, at the beginning of a new year and a new decade. I want to celebrate by being in the middle of the energy of a few million people, and to find an insider experience that can’t be bought.

I am humbly asking to crash your couch! I would value some good conversation, and I’d like to learn about life in NYC. I’m not necessarily trying to crash your party, though, and I expect to spend some of the evening out on my own. I would like to find where the tribal/ deep house music is.

I’ll get in and out on the train at Penn station. The morning of the First I may have an opportunity to meet some family I haven’t seen in 10 years.

ABOUT ME

This past decade I have been a college dropout, coffee farmer, Emergency Room Tech, and arborist. I’m grateful for being able to reinvent myself. I feel like I’m still evolving.

“Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." --Howard Thurman

Straight white male looking for the best in everybody.

@rueschdotcom

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

With great people in the San Francisco Bay area and elsewhere.

Interests

Finance,Markets

Material Science

music—all kinds; I studied violin for several years

machines you can go fast in

anything that changes your heart-rate or opens your eyes

Scuba

good food and drink

Cigars

• dining
• running
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• violin
• hiking
• surfing
• archeology

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Archeology in Bretagne, France.

Teach, Learn, Share

Everyone you meet knows something you don't know. Sometimes it is something obvious, sometimes something small but very useful if you can discover it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States