CURRENT MISSION

Exploring my new home of Ellensburg, Washington with locals, fellow newbies, and visiting travelers.

ABOUT ME

Educator and writer who is friendly, open-minded and able to connect with pretty much anyone. Have lived in Seattle, New Haven, Washington DC, New York City, and Vancouver BC. Now living in a small college town on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. Traveled to over twenty-five countries in North America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia, and angling to visit Australia and Africa soon.

PHILOSOPHY

Find your place. Find your people. Find yourself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My home may be small, but it is in a terrific location for exploring the area’s culture, cuisine, nightlife, and literary scene. Enjoy opening my home to other gay and gay-friendly individuals, and the occasional couple if they don't mind a tight squeeze.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have often stayed with friends all over the world, and hosted them in return. Eventually, friends of friends began to stay with me because I know Seattle's different neighborhoods, scenes, and highlights so well. CouchSurfing was a logical next step towards expanding my friendship circles to include fellow adventurers.

Interests

Love writing plays and fiction, reading fiction and nonfiction, expanding my music tastes, seeing plays/musicals and films, exploring outdoors, dining at a wide range of restaurants, walking the city streets, and people watching.

• culture
• writing
• dining
• walking
• nightlife
• movies
• reading
• music
• outdoor activities
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

FILMS: Star Wars IV-VI, Brazil, The Fisher King, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Alien, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Pan's Labyrinth, Network, Days of Heaven.

MUSIC: Queen, New Order, Radiohead, The National, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Buckley, Band of Horses, Arcade Fire, Jose Gonzalez, Holcombe Waller, Harry Belafonte, Paul Robeson.

BOOKS: One Hundred Years of Solitude, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Savage Detectives, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Parable of the Sower.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have gone for a ride in a speedboat driven by a man who was once President of the United States.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a produced/published playwright who can talk for hours about theatre.

I feel a special affinity for artists, particularly musicians and writers.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Respect for boundaries, ability to converse knowledgeably on a wide range of topics, general flexibility as far as planning, clear communication, bright smile and a sunny demeanor.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, China, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States

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