CURRENT MISSION

Become a motorcycle-riding mermaid.

ABOUT ME

I'm a wanderer currently exploring my hometown in Chicago after a while in Europe. I love long walks, cooking, making new friends, seeing old friends, hugs, spicy food, and trains. I love spontaneous dancing and music with heart and the more I travel the more I find that the world is a pretty wonderful place full of decent people. I'm a very passionate swimmer and hope one day to work as a Weeki Wachee mermaid in Florida (before becoming a bestselling novelist, of course!)

PHILOSOPHY

I can't put words to it yet, so I like to steal other people's:

"The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity." - Henri Bergson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now my participation in couchsurfing has only gone as far as filling out this profile and meeting up with some other couchsurfers in the "real world" for food and drinks. I've never had a couch I could share and the only time I was going to surf with anyone was in Norway and my trip got cancelled because of a volcanic eruption, which you can't really argue with!

Interests

Reading, writing, travel, any activity that allows me to be underwater, experiencing as much as I can during this life.

• writing
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Just my favorites, since otherwise we'd be here all day.

Music: Ray LeMontagne, Nat King Cole, Regina Spektor
Movie: Happy-Go-Lucky, Amelie (If you can imagine a cross between Amelie Poulain and Poppy Cross you'd have the beginnings of me!)
TV Show: True Blood, Firefly, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Book: Anything by Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams, and on a totally different note: The Bell Jar

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching sunrise over Paris from the steps of Sacre-Coeur with a bottle of champagne and a group of strangers my friends and I had just met that night from all over the world. No two people were from the same country it was amazing and unforgettable.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to read palms!

Or, at least, how to pretend you know how... ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, San Marino, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Japan, United States