Aging hippie. Leftie. Writer. Love to cook. Love to share ideas, food, and ideas about food.

Ex-diabetic lifestyle (Veggie-based.; no dairy, sugar, wheat, soy, corn , alcohol , tobacco or mammals.)

Cruciverbalist, soi-disant deipnosophist; incorrigible sesquipedalian, dilettante of lambent badinage

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I first couchsurfed in July 2016, on a cross-country road trip. Now I 'm hooked. I have thoroughly enjoyed being both a guest and a host. You meet such delightful, fascinating people everywhere, from everywhere.

Hosting guests from far away is like traveling the world without having to leave home; guesting is like being at home no matter where you travel.

Interests

I like to play chess and Scrabble, but never find any offline opponents. I drive just for the heck of it. I am active in "progressive" political groups. In January 2017 I was elected as a local "Assembly District Delegate" in the Democratic Party.

Music, Movies, and Books

music: alt rock, classic rock

authors: Michiu Kaku, Stephen Pinker, Octavia Butler, Mark Twain

Movies: Airplane, Forrest Gump, Snowden, Dead Poets Society, The Big Short, Princess Bride, Ex Machina,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Wrote a book EX-DIABETIC
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s_?ie=UTF8&k=Brian+Wade+Hitchcock
about how to quit Type 2 diabetes.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach and share Ex-Diabetic cooking (sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, corn-free, soy-free)

Gladly chauffer for weekend drives around the greater LA and OC area.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking skills (healthy/veggie)

My book Ex-Diabetic, and the experience and learning that went into it.

Political knowledge, including inside stories of what happened in the CA primary and Democratic National Convention.

A long but amusing anecdote about a cop in my backseat.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Mexico