ABOUT ME

Busy urban professional gal in Seattle

PHILOSOPHY

My motto is "Don't bore me!" :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING: Can host occasional female couch surfers in my home in West Seattle. Please be comfortable with LGBT+.

Looking to couchsurf in Ireland while I'm there scouting for my travel company, Explorigins. Please be comfortable with LGBT+.

Interests

High tech, technology, genealogy, genetics, music, singing, great restaurants, off beat fun activities, international travel, wine, whiskey, and my friends

• singing
• wine
• technology
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• genealogy
• queer
• queer culture

Music, Movies, and Books

Love Lady Gaga, Joni Mitchell, Dave Brubeck, and a lot more. I love to read all sorts of books (currently reading A Gentleman in Moscow) and am currently focusing mostly on books written by women, particularly women of color.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My wife and I decided to bypass renting a fancy car or taking a taxi while on Papeete, French Polynesia and instead took "Le Truck", the local bus system. We visited the Arahoho Blowhole, getting there ahead of everyone else taking expensive transportation. We simply climbed in the back of a truck with a tarp over it and breathed in the truck exhaust with the locals. We celebrated with some small bananas and a hike in the dense jungle.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a certified Adobe instructor for Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Captivate (elearning tool). I'm a recreational genetic genealogist and am experienced at researching family trees. Love cooking, wine, and pets of all types.

What I Can Share with Hosts

- cooking, gardening, organizing
- very tech savvy (tech trainer) so can help with wi-fi, password protection, advice
- I've traveled a lot and can create itineraries for off the beaten track travel

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, United States