NICOLECHICAGO

It was great meeting Nichole in person. A very gentle, warm personality. Had fun talking to her on Thanksgiving night. Hope to see her again sometime. Maybe when she travels through sub-continent :P Its great to know how cool people one can meet through couchsurfing !!

It was great to meet Nicole whilst i was in Chicago and dress up in her polar bear suit!
Other than that, she's a really nice girl.

Nicole has helped integrate me into the CS Chicago group. She is a lively, spirited, and intelligent gal who is great to talk to.

We met at the 3rd weekly meeting when we (with my host Paul) showed up around 10 pm. We had a short but nice chat when I introduced myself. Go further with these weekly meeting, great idea !

Nicole co-hosted a CS Ambassadors Weekender in Chicago which I attend. It was goodtimes all around. Hope to see her down the trail.

Nicole is the ultimate networker, it was a privilege to be able to stay with her. She not only provided us with a great guide to the city (and a map!), but two extremely comfortable couches and ideas for future travels and life! Thanks again!

Briefly met Nicole at the CS gathering on 10/9.

Nicole is an incredible human being and am glad to have had the pleasure to meet her.

I met her and traveled around Israel with her for 10 days as part of a group. She's a very genuine and trustworthy person. I'd let her stay on my couch FO SHO!

After attending her party for second time I can declare that she is very good at that. After a day out, she had us for the evening and we all had so much fun. She is very friendly host.

Nicole is a rock star! I enjoyed hearing the 'Adventures of Nicole' at the end of the day - she got to see history in the making by seeing Obama speak. Also, within a day of her being at my place, we were already planning a Denver party-which was a blast. As a guest, Nicole was easy going, and super low maintenance. I enjoyed her political enthusiasm, and staying up late watching CNN and talking about boys. It was like a grown up girlie sleep-over. Nicole is welcome back anytime.

nicole hosted a friend and me in the middle of a road trip out west and was an excellent host/cubs buddy. she scored a ticket and we sneaked her into our section (last row of wrigley) and had a blast watching the cubs beat the reds, then getting pizza and beers at one of chicago's finest establishments for the late crowd. her couch was super comfy and her apartment perfectly located. all of this means nothing without the fact that she is an awesome person. thanks, nicole

Nicole is one of the nicest people I know. She has great stories and has traveled all over the world. Staying with her was a blast and I can't wait to go visit her again!

I only wish I could have stayed longer. This is just the coolest girl, great sense of humor, knows just about everything and everyone. I will definitely be crashing in on you again soon!

There was only slight hesitation when I said, "Someone told me we should try these deep fried oreos." How can you not enjoy that sense of adventure?

Seriously though, Nicole was the first person I met through couchsurfing that I did not already know, and it has been great to get to know her better and be able to be introduced to the Chicago CS community through her.

I really enjoyed hanging out with Nicole, briefly at the Tractor then back at my host's house later that evening. I hope to hang out more while we're both in the same neck of the woods, or perhaps see you in Vietnam one day. Happy Travels!

we spent just one night together square dancing in seattle, but she has been kind, friendly and we had nice chat.

I enjoyed a lot chatting with Nicole about very different issues. She is an open-minded person and we could happily spare politically correctness.

Getting lost in downtown Seattle harbor while looking for a late dinner was not a problem at all.

Nicole is a super chill, friendly, and all around awesome person to hang out with. We went to the Cubs game and it was great first time experience at Wrigley Field for me. Looking forward to hanging out with Nicole in the near future!

Have met Nicole a few times in Chicago (CS events). She is articulate, smart, friendly and easy to talk to. Nicole made me feel welcome.

Nicole reminded me heaps of my bestie Theresa: one of those amazing people who appear to be in their element in every context. She goes from educating strangers about global warming at a farmer's market to watching the cubs game to hanging out playing board games at a bar, seamlessly. I truly enjoyed talking to her about politics, travel, awkward encounters and everything in between.

Nichole was really easy going and fun to be around. Met her at a CS party at a Blues Bar right before New Years and then again on New years day.

She is witty, and has a great attitude, and a big love of people... very cool girl.

A really nice experience hosting Nicole and her friend Monty. Nice conversations, nice rocking with Guitar Hero!!! and some other wii games, nice guacamole, nice drinking and I think that she knows more couchsurfers in my area than me! :0p
Thanks guys for staying with us and there is still some apple pie and ice cream waiting for ya!!!!! Hope to see you soon!

Nicole is a brilliant gal. Intelligent, courteous, fun and just overall cool. Good taste in tunes too. Overall you'll be hard pressed to find a better person to accept into your home. Full on recommendation.

I met Nicole at a small and leisurely CS meet in a funky cafe when we were both visiting Seattle in April 08. A seasoned couchsurfing pro, she's great fun to hang out with :-)

What can be said that has not yet been said? Probably nothing. Every positive comment everyone has made is true, times infinity. Nicole is so knowledgeable about the community, but welcoming and easygoing at the same time. She will answer all of your questions, share a laugh and stories about her worldly travels, and listen intently to you all at once. Chicago is better for having Nicole in it!

Nicole helped make my first couch surfing experience both wonderful and memorable! We were able to share food, friends, life experiences and philosophies, and strange sleeping schedules due to our simultaneous illness! I've never felt so welcome and comfortable in a stranger's home, and I sincerely hope to run into her again someday.

Have met Nicole at several events so far. Of course going on her plethora of feedback there isn't much left to say. Awesome girl and sure she'll have a lot of success in whatever she plans to do. Go for Raleigh!

Had a great time eating food and sharing ideas and thoughts :)

Nicole is a superb person to plan and organize with. She is welcoming and kind; has creative suggestions and ideas, and Chicago is lucky to have her (back)!
I would trust her with the keys to my PARENTS house :)

Nicole not only can tell you anything and everything that's happening in Chicago, but pretty much any major city in the US (and probably most of the British Isles). She'll go out of her way to make sure everyone has everything they need.
Nicole, I can't thank you enough for all the time and energy you've spent planning events! You're such a sweetheart!

Even through emails before actually meeting, Nicole went above and beyond just polite chit chat. She helped me set up my first Milwaukee Meet; she encouraged me to start really pulling the Milwaukee troops together; and she drove all the way up to show moocho support at our Meet 2/23/08! She is a free spirit with a heart to help others and the intelligence and passion to put forth her wants into actions. I consider myself blessed to have met her!

Nicole's profile was the first one I read when I joined CS. When I was done I really wanted to meet her. I decided to go to a meeting at this Ethiopian Restaurant that the Chicago Food Discovery group was going to meet at. This was my virgin CouchSurfing Experience. I was very happy to meet Nicole and thought she was very warm, helpful, funny, and she has a great personality. She taught me a few things I was curious about in terms of CS and gave told me stories of her experiences of hosting various surfers. Nicole is a joy to be around!

David (below) and I stayed with Nicole for two nights. She was a great host; she already had things to do, and I felt very welcome to join in. She is also very knowledgeable about her neighborhood. (Also, her red couch is very comfy.) Thank you, Nicole, for a marvelous time!

I just got back to AA from my first CS experience. Nicole was an amazing host. Just before we came out, both Chicago and Ann Arbor got hit with a snow storm. Nicole called to see if we were still coming and to make sure we'd be fine driving. While there, she lent us sleeping bags and a travel book (lonely planet) for our stay. She offered amazing insight into the city she obviously loves. Thanks.

Nicole is such a great and sweet girl!! The word HOSPITALITY is small to describe her. She hosted me in my very first experience surfing and I couldn´t have had a better one!
Starting 2 months before my arrival she helped me and gave me a lot of tips by email while I was planning go to Chicago. Once there, she took me to a good midwest bar to taste some of that yummi beer and was my guide with my activities during my stay.
Her friends and roomates are soo soo nice... Also watching the football game was fun, thank you for explaining me the game! :) I had a wonderful time in Chicago because she was there! Thanks a looot! You are more than welcome in Argentina!

Nicole completely rocks!

great to meet you at the new years party! hopefully i will see you soon and the good times will roll :)

Nicole was a great host with a really sweet couch, even with some last-minute changes in the plan. We had fun at some New Year's parties!

Nicole is a great person to hang out with. She is very friendly and smart and although sometimes soft-spoken, she nonetheless manages to leave an amazing impression. I believe that soon she will be running for president! I hope to spend more time with her an Adam in the future (in S.A!)

Nicole is a very interesting individual. It was nice meeting up a couple of times in Chicago and hanging out downtown. Good luck with your work.

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Nicole is a first-rate individual who is ready to help out other couchsurfers. i've met her a few times and she's always been pretty cool. you need to meet ehr when passing through chicago!

Nicole was very nice and helpful in helping us get around the city!

Nicole was an excellent host. The flat is lovely, she is extremely intelligent and well versed in many a topic. She took me out and introduced me to many a Chicago Couchsurfer. I had a wonderful time with her. It's no surprise she's an Ambassador.

Nicole was the couchsurfing host you hope for and rarely get. She picked us up at the train station to save us a chilly walk to the L, gave us super comfy couches to crash on, a guide to the city for our time there, organized an impromptu game night for fellow CSers, and stayed up for late-night chats even while she was coming down with a bug. Thanks for the hospitality and I'll see you at the next Cubs/Cards game all decked out in red!

She is such a kind and welcoming person.She and Adam picked us up in the middle of Chicago and showed us around at nighttime. I couldnt ask for a better host. She and her roomates are just awesome.

Nicole was fabulous, she gave me the lowdown on chicago, the midwest, new york and how to use the CS site. She is a fantastic chick and makes GREAT pumpkin pie!

She's great! She planned a Chicago meeting free hugs day! Everything was excellent and went smoothly!

nicole is great to talk to, and (as if I had to say it), a couchsurfing guru of sorts. it was good free-hugging with her in chicago, and it will be fun to hang out again!

Nicole is so far, from who I know, nothing but good. She's easy to talk to and incredibly sweet--not to mention one of my very dear and best friend's roommates--and that speaks volumes about her! She's great.

Nicole is great at getting people together and organizing activities in Chicago and elsewhere. I have enjoyed talking to her in person and exchanging ideas with her. I am so glad she has moved back to Chicago and gotten so involved with all of us in this group right away! Don't miss the chance to meet her!

Hat party! I can't say enough nice things about Nicole. She is the walking/living definition of Couchsurfing. She invited me to a party and made me feel at home. Definitely good times in the good ol' Midwest!

Nicole is my roommate, and I hadn't known her before we moved in together. I couldn't have asked for a more awesome roommate. Nicole is a great conversationalist who serves up a plethora of amazing tavel stories and is extremly devoted to the couch surfing mission. She is so laid back and chill, but also the perfect coordinator for any situation. She is super respectful of other's opinions and her surroundings. This girl is wicked fun and is always up for something new and she has such great eclectic tastes/interests to share with the world. Nicole is the type of girl that is so passionate about whatever she does that you can't help but get excited as well! : )

Nicole is a lovely girl, a great humanitarian, intelligent and has something to say, she likes to party and looks good while doing it, you would be privileged to for her to accept you as a surfer. Nicole was the main organiser when she was in Edinburgh, she will be sadly missed.

Cole is quite the organizer. Her life is as vibrant as her personality, so if you surf with her you will always have a fun experience! Hats off to our rep for the USA!

I loved staying with Nicole! She was so helpful from the very start of our communications; her place is awesome, and it was SO fantabulously fun "pre-halloween" partying with her. I would recommend her in a second to anyone.

The craziness and loveliness of our experiences together can hardly be put into words, so I would be forced to invent a word right now... terriplucious! Our time together was nothing short of terriplucious.

Nicole is great! She really cares about CS and she goes the extra mile to set up meetings and get people involved. I'm really glad she will be around Chicago for a while, I look forward to much food and wine together in the future. Thanks for Madison! You always have a couch.

Nicole is a Couchsurfing/Edinborough/Chicago expert! I first met her when she set up an awesome couchsurfing event in Madison which turned out to be an incredible success! She was ultra helpful and friendly, and made everyone feel welcome at the event. We met again at a CS get-together in Chicago and got to go to a hockey game together. Nicole loves to have fun and knows how to show people a good time! It's always fun to hang out with her, and it was nice to visit her on her home turf. I hope she'll be back to Madison again soon, where she'll always find a couch open at my place!

Nicole is one of the most accepting, and trustworthy people you will ever meet or if your lucky have the chance to get to know! Honest, caring, and a light in the dark! I am so glad I have had the opportunity to meet her during our short time while I was living in the Chicago area. I'm not in Chicago any more for the CS get together's to be able to see her smiling face, but I hope I am lucky enough to run into her again. Maybe well meet half way around the world? you never know!

Alright, I'm finally writing a reference for Nicole after meeting up on numerous occasions, visiting each others' places, and having several in-depth conversations. I have to say I am totally amazed by her enthusiasm for life and the causes she so wholeheartedly supports. Keeping this relevant, I know she is a really caring host – and I highly recommend her as a guest. Nicole is inspirational; I'm very glad to know her.

Nicole and I met in college. She is adventurous and ready to take whatever life throws at her. She's also brilliant, witty and will be an extremely gracious host or surfer! Get to know her!

Had a great time at Garcias! My new food buddy.

Nicole stayed with me at the last minute when she came through Iowa City. We had a great time going out on the town and she gave me some great info for volunteering and getting more involved in CS. All around it was a great time and I can't wait to meet up with her in Chicago. Definately stay with/host her if you get a chance.

I met her as she was saying goodbye to Edinburgh and I was there just one night, but was impressed and from her profile even more! Hope to see u again someday in Chicago..welcome back!

Nicole is a great ambassador and a fantastic organizer. Always planning things to do and being a very helpful and warm person. I hope to see you at the future!

I was very greatful when Nicole called me back half an hour after I first logged to CS. I hated Edinburgh as my acquaitance had let me sleep in terrible place for 2 days before I had met her. Nicole made my day and introduced me to amazying world of CS!

Nicole emboies the essence of couchsurfing! Great couch in really cool Edinburgh flat, and she's a super talented hitchhiker as well. Cheers Nicole, come back to Edinburgh soon!

She knows a lot about Scotland as well as bunch of other places and was into taking us about and showing us stuff. She is pretty independent and that is great trait for a traveler...

Nicole organised a little gathering in Cambridge a couple of nights ago and because of her invite I feel my eyes have been opened again. I met wonderful people there and Nicole seems to feed on building communities of friends like this. I'm sure she's left a trail of happy people wherever she's been. So sad I had to run for the bus so early and not talk with her more about herself and her philosophies. Inspirational - Thanks, my friend.

Met at a pub in Cambridge at the meeting she organanised. Nicole was really friendly, interesting and is obviusly really into the whole idea of couchsurfing. Having not yet been couchsurfing and a little nervous about it, she gave me some good advise and i came back from the meeting wanting to try it out as soon as possible. Thankyou Nicole.

I met her briefly a few times while I surfed in Edinburgh, ceilidh! She was also one of the organisers of a cs film night which I really enjoyed although I had to leave early. Hope to meet her again and talk a bit more!

Nicole is a fantastic organizer and a great person to talk with, clever, really helpful and very kind. Would have loved to stay longer in Edinburgh to be hosted by her. Maybe in Illinois. Go Cubs Go !

Nicole is a perfect example of the great people you can meet through CouchSurfing. She has got loads of time for everyone and is always planning fun things to do. She's pretty instrumental to the Edinburgh CS Scene, we'll miss her once she's gone!

Thanx Nicole for hosting me in the busiest time of year! All very easy... I still reckon your profile is the coolest one on the site ;D

We've been really good friends for a number of years now. While traveling through Europe, she let me stay at her place in Edinburgh and showed me a really awesome time. I can't say enough good things about my time here!

Well is there anything left to say after such an impressive profile? We can just agree for 100% that Nicole is a very open and warm person to everyone ( couchsurfers in particular ;) ). We had a great time in Edinburgh and Nicole gave us great tips about places we should see, the food and festivities! All the best to you and your flatmates, enjoy the Fringe Festival!

I had a great time hanging out with Nicole and her friends! She's a very warm and caring person and I enjoyed her company. With lots of great recommendations on things to do in Edinburgh, she was a great host with an amazing flat (too bad she's moving out soon :( ). She had me try several different kinds of scotch whiskey and even made me some haggis too!

We shared only a dinner at vvas during my last visit. But you don't need much time with her to feel all the energy bubbling inside. Such a passion for life, CS that you feel yourself wanting to do it too! My second, of many connections with MadisonU, I hope to meet her again. Una embajadora FENOMENAL!

Talking to Nicole made climbing Salisbury Crags in the rain much more interesting! Nicole seems to have just the right mix of optimism and skepticism about the world, and has gained some pretty cool perspectives on things.

Nicole is a sweet girl, super friendly and mature. I'd love to meet her again to get to know her better. she's lovely!

Nicole is the one who introduced me to Couchsurfing, by setting up an awesome karaoke meet-up during our trip to Berlin in June 2007. We've had great times travelling together, not just to Berlin, but also to the Scottish Highlands, New York City, Chicago and Wisconsin. I spent most of 2006/07 hanging out at her flat, so I can say without qualification that she's a great host, and her dedication to Couchsurfing is borne out by the unbounded enthusiasm and effort she puts into organising events like Edinburgh Rocks!

It was good fun to meet her through the mayhem of Edinburgh rocks,i hope that we can do the same in glasgow!!!

Ah Nicole, your presence calms me and makes me think that the fine balances in life are essential.... I look forward to seeing you for something ELECTRIC... and to see the smile that makes me smile. Thank you for everything during this funky weekend...

Ambassador Nicole-odeon?! Oh yeah! The perfect representative of this beautiful city. Ed is so lucky and blessed to have you!
Probably didn't get to chat enough, but we hooked up on several occasions and we got along v well. Great minds meet, they say, and Nicole is definitely a grrrrrreat ambitious and clever one. We'll have to catch up someday, somewhere and finish that game of Baseball... Cubs are tied with the Yankees, bases are loaded, it's strike 2, crowd is roarin', a great night to propose, huh?! Go Cubs! Thanks for all the hard work in organising things for the event.... and the memories remain! OOOOOH CARESS ME DOWN, OOOOOH IT'S THE NICOLE SOUND!

Oh sweet sweet Nicole! I spent 4 days at her place during the edinburgh meeting and, more, it has been my first "surf"..... I couldn't have been more lucky!! she's so hospitable, sweet and smiling. After writing posts in the Iw group, we finally met and my expectation is more than confirmed! even if she was a meeting organizer, so expected to be very busy......she always had time to make me feel really comfortable and warmly welcome.
I really am happy we met, I hope to see you again....you are always welcome to my place.
good luck for your coming back home.....and for your political commitment: I really admire your ideas!
hugs and kisses, sweet Nicole!

If it wasn't for Nicole, i'd have been homeless and half frozen and super wet while in Edinburgh! Instead i found my way to one of the most welcoming couches in the country. I truly enjoyed my time spent in Edinburgh in Nicole's and Rita's company and could not have picked a better host:) The weather not the bog were on our sides, but hey, it's only water! :)

Nicole is one of the most level headed people I've ever met. And fashionable... :)