Hey, guys, I'm Alex. I'm a barista by day. And then at night I'm still a barista.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It just seems like a cool network of people. Plus, it's just way better to see a city for the first time with somebody who really knows it.

Interests

• theater
• beer
• coffee
• traveling
• music
• meeting new people

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite authors: (In no particular order) David Sedaris, Ken Follett, Sherman Alexie, Stephen Fry, Yann Martel, P.G. Wodehouse, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Steve Martin, Shakespeare, Sarah Waters, Alan Furst, Sanford Meisner, Sydney J. Harris, Nicky Silver, Alan Ayckbourn, Tom Stoppard, Tennessee Williams, Kent Haruf, Philip Roth, Chris Cleave, Colum McCann, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, George R.R. Martin, Simon Rich, Martin Amis, Patrick Rothfuss, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nicole Krauss, Thomas Hardy, John Kennedy Toole, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter, George Carlin, Junot Díaz, John Keats, Mary Olliver, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Henry Miller, Tolstoy, and more. The list compiles as the reading list compiles, no end in sight for both.

Music (no particular order): The Beatles, Billy Joel, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Zombies, The Kinks, David Bowie, The Police, Genesis, Madness, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Fountains of Wayne, Ben Folds, Jim and A.J. Croce, Bruce Springsteen, Big Star, Leonard Cohen, Jellyfish, Queen, Louis Armstrong, Fleetwood Mac, Sam Smith, Fleet Foxes, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Al Jolson, Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Rogers and Hart, Kander and Ebb, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Edith Piaf, Tim Rice, Howard Ashman, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Cat Stevens, The Eagles, Hall & Oates, The Beach Boys, Ella Fitzgerald, Barenaked Ladies, Frank Sinatra, and more and more and more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was in a Lifetime movie when I was 17. Haven't topped it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good time, good conversation, a decent knowledge of the ol USA, (particularly the South, particularly New Orleans) for whatever that's worth. And music. I like singing and playing music.

Countries I’ve Visited

England, France, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States