CURRENT MISSION

to experience deeply cathedrals, quatiers, the sun, music and people

ABOUT ME

I'm a violinist and I love what I do, especially because often it involves TRAVEL! I've played at Carnegie Hall, in Rio de Janeiro, the streets of Paris, etc.
I'm especially moved by cathedrals, graffiti, everything art.

Y bailo Salsa!

I've been traveling the globe since I was 12 years old, meeting new people, young and old, and seeing new building, museums, markets, trying new foods (especially those that others think are gross) and speaking foreign (to me) languages (oh la vache), make me smile til there's no tomorrow.

I'm into Yoga, Bikes, good Wine and Beers. Can't eat Dairy, and am mostly vegetarian / will eat local, grass fed, happy meat.

Create your own visitor map!

PHILOSOPHY

everyone in life has something to teach you

Vie tes rêves, ne rêve pas ta vie. (tag, Marseillaise)

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Oct 2010: Lately I've been hosting a lot of friends-of-friends and find this incredibly rewarding since my friends are fantastic people and they continue to amaze me with their fantastic taste in friends. Our house has 3 people living it in, and is very full, but we always have someone coming to stay and it's incredibly enjoyable.

Mai 2009: Je viens de rentrer de la France où j'ai passé une semaine très sympa avec les couchsurfers la!

I've been hosting in Chicago and going to CS events, mostly the Thursday meet-ups. Part of the French group, Bikes group...

October 2008: Yay! No longer a CS virgin after my trip to Lyon France and experiencing the warmth and generosity of my host! Eager to pass on the karma.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Several times a host, twice a guest in Lyon and Marseille, France (aaawwesome).

So I've been to:
(in no particular order)
Africa - Niger and Casablanca (sister in Peace Corps)
Australia - all the major cities
China - Southeastern coast up to Shanghai
France - plusieurs fois
England - many times
Spain - where I first got drunk and ate snails!!!
Germany - Berlin and Munich
Italy - only Riva del Garda
Brasil - twice
Argentina
Uruguay
Panama - City and Viejo

Interests

walking... seeing art... experiencing life... making music... reading about music makers, explorers, fiction... going to book stores... collecting quotes...

• arts
• books
• concerts
• wine
• beer
• vegetarian
• yoga
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Watching: King's Speech, L'arnacoeur
Reading: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua
Music: flashy violin and piano pieces, Kimya Dawson

Favorites:
Movie: Belle du Jour, Vicky Christina Barcelona
Book: Love in the Time of Cholera (GGM); Joys and Sorrow by Pablo Casals (the great cellist) (memoirs)
Listening: Oldies, Rock, Manu Chao, Edith Piaf, Schubert Quintet by Amadeus Quartet

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

riding the back of a motorcycle "bush taxi" on dirt streets under the stars in Niger

performed at carnegie hall...

lived to tell the tale of careening down the side of a mountain in Rio de Janeiro...

seen what they really mean by "la vie en rose" in paris - the rosy light on the seine is indescribable...

Teach, Learn, Share

When you get to Chicago, check out the Chicago Reader and RedEye - two free newspapers that have a lot of info on deals, concerts and events for the weekend.

Found the perfect museum in Nice, France: Musee de Chagal... The space was conceived by Chagal himself in oddly shaped rooms to accomodate his collections on themes, i.e. love, the Bible, etc.

in brasil, they throw eggs at you on your birthday.
instead of blowing a fallen eyelash, they put it in their shirt.

in france, if you're invited to your beau's family's house for sunday brunch, or even if he takes you to a nice dinner and presents you as his "copine," you're his girlfriend.

in turkey, hospitality is the prime concern. they take incredible pride in their hospitality - and deservedly so.

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