ABOUT ME

I'm Amy, an "old soul," as many would describe me. A Motown enthusiast and Hitchcock disciple, people have told me I was born in a different decade. In the meantime of this modern age, I work at a tea shop, where my tea addiction is satisfied and I am surrounded by sweet sweet smells all the day long. I love smooth jams, disco jams, jazzy jams, and homemade strawberry jam.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had an incredibly pleasing couchsurfing experience while visiting Detroit in early April. My friend and I met a couple of awesome gals who were so welcoming and accommodating, and actually turned out to be some great new friends!

Interests

I am an artist, so naturally I am very observant of things around me. I take a lot of inspiration from nature, botany, entomology and oceanography. I love microscopic forms, taking them and blowing them up into a pattern or mural. My list of interests is pretty extensive, but here are some highlights:

*Cooking/Baking
*Drinking tea
*Dancing (to Motown, Soul, 90s Hip-Hop, & Otis Redding--yes, he is his own category)
*Watching movies & TV (everyone says this but it truly is something I love doing... I have a pretty diverse DVD collection, from Tarantino to Boy Meets World to John Hughes to Star Wars)
*Collecting books, especially coffee table books about abyssal creatures

• books
• dancing
• environment
• cooking
• coffee
• baking
• drinking
• shopping
• movies
• tv
• entomology

Music, Movies, and Books

TV: Arrested Development, Breaking Bad, Freaks and Geeks, Happy Endings, Boy Meets World, Degrassi

Movies: Uncle Buck, The Apartment, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Rookie of the Year, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

Music: Otis Redding, Nine Simone, Curtis Mayfield, Metric, Andrew Bird, Tribe Called Quest, Hall & Oates, Bob Dylan

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was standing at the top of Amber Fort in Varanasi, India, looking out over the countryside. By myself with nothing but a sketchbook, watercolors and a cool breeze; It. Was. Breathtaking.

Let's see....another great moment was my trip to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. To be among structures so grandiose, intricate and complex, I swore I was in an IMAX movie with CGI backgrounds....but it was real, and all created by Mother Nature. Those are my favorite places to visit: escaping the manmade world for a moment and slipping into this bizarre, surreal environment whose components are all made by the earth. That is pretty freaking awesome.

Countries I’ve Visited

India

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States