CURRENT MISSION

To live, love, travel, and enjoy life! Don't sweat the small stuff!

ABOUT ME

I'm a cellist, animal lover, fun, lively, goofy, know how to take a joke, and am up for adventure! I recently moved back to Brooklyn, NY after living in Barcelona for 2 years. I'm dying to get back there some day! I am currently freelancing around the city and my "pay the bills job" is working in a dog boutique in SoHo. It's fun and you get to play with dogs all day! I'm changing things up a bit in my life and am going back to school in September to study Veterinary Technology and I eventually want to set up my own practice of holistic care for animals, offering people alternative ways of healing pets. I've always been a huge animal lover and now I'm pleased that I will get to be involved with my two great loves, music and animals.

I really enjoy traveling. It is one of the few things in life that gives me a real thrill. I haven't been to nearly as many places as I would like mostly because I can't afford the plane tickets now!

I'm a good listener and love to hear people's stories.

PHILOSOPHY

Chill out! We're all human, all going through the same thing, if we helped and loved one another, I really believe we'd be in a better place now. Fear is crippling. If we just open our minds and hearts a little bit more, it's amazing all the love that floods in.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first couch surfing experience was in Brussels and we stayed with a really nice man and his sweet daughter. It was a great first experience because we felt really comfortable and learned a great deal about Brussels that you can't read in your guide book.

We also had some people stay with us on our couch in Barcelona and it was awesome. Everyone who stayed with us were super nice and it was really great having them in my home.

Interests

Here is a random list of "interests":
making up my own dance moves. cooking and baking extremely complicated things...that never quite come out right. wandering around aimlessly. horseback riding. ballet. drawing with pastels. art modeling. hiking. camping. making organic meaty dog treats. the world. cello. rawfeeding my dog. animal rescue. documentaries. dogs. the first cup of coffee in the morning. flea markets. the blues. books. photography. geography. history. making new friends. laughing. squinting in the sun. sleeping on the beach. finding hidden tea shops. watching complete strangers and imagining their life story. movies. old jewelry. old friends. challenging my fears. expanding my boundries. learning new languages. playing with kids. playing hide and seek (with kids or adults alike). daydreaming.

• animals
• pets
• dogs
• arts
• books
• photography
• documentaries
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• cooking
• coffee
• baking
• modeling
• technology
• movies
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• classical music
• blues
• equestrian
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• freelancing
• geography
• history
• languages
• tourism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Woody Allen, Hitchcock, Tarantino, Bergman, Heneke. Awakenings, Pi, Primer, The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Amelie, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Dogville, Buffalo '66, I want to Be a Cheerleader, Dancer in the Dark, Memento, Velvet Goldmine, The Million Dollar Hotel, 13th Floor, The Barbaric Invasions, Le Temps du Loup

MUSIC: Anything that moves you. All genres offer something great.

BOOKS: Veronika Wants to Die, The Zahir, Invisible Man, Bonfire of the Vanities, 11 minutes, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Love in the Time of Cholera, Emotional Intelligence, the encyclopedia, biographies of cellists, National Geographic (not so much a book..), Saturday, Emotional Intelligence, The Mind's Eye, Unbearable LIghtness of Being, Identity, The Alchemist, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I can't tell any stories of being healed by a native in the rainforest or hiking up Mt. Everest, but I can say that the most amazing things that I have seen with my own eyes is someone giving to someone else or helping someone else out of the good of their own heart and not expecting anything in return.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to talk about music. Especially if you know a lot about non-classical music. I can teach you all about dogs. I can talk for hours about that. I love to cook so I can cook for you or if you like to cook too we can cook together and swap ideas. I can take you to some great places to eat all around Brooklyn and Manhattan. Museums, shows, etc!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States

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