Books: Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" has been a favorite of mine for a long time. I often have a stack of books sitting around from the library, and the subjects are all over the place: Travel, music, language, humor, memoir, art, science, classic literature, etc.

The most amazing thing I've done so far was my two-month stay in Argentina. I had never really traveled before, especially not alone. Since then I've returned once to Buenos Aires, and in the past few years have visited Scotland and England. This year I have seen many US cities for the first time: Portland, Denver and Chicago. A trip to New York is just around the corner.