CURRENT MISSION

To find the adventures that lurk at home.

ABOUT ME

Hullooo! My name is Chris and I love travel and adventure and just plain hanging out with folks. I graduated in 2010 from Hampshire College having majored in story telling with a focus on fairy tales, then walked 330 miles of the West Coast, before winding up in Boston and spending the end of 2010/all of 2011 working at a board games and puzzles store.If you'd like recommendations on games, mechanical puzzles, or jigsaws I'll gladly give you some (and I'm always down for suggestions too)!I'm a big fan of photography (of the digital variety), mixology (ask me for a drink suggestion!), and B-movies. Of course, I like a lot of other stuch too, but those three are a good place to start I suppose.Currently living in Boston, holding down a big ol' grownup job and discovering what adventures lurk in and around this here city.

PHILOSOPHY

Never stop dancing. Never stop caring.

"The unexamined life is not worth living." -Socrates

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At present I'm not able to volunteer a couch (booo) so I've been using CouchSurfing as a way to find out what's happening where I live and to meet fascinating new folks.

Interests

Go, Mixology, Networking, Board Games, Mechanical Puzzles, Strolling, Photography, Deep Travel, Hospitality, Languages, Backpacking

• performing arts
• photography
• beauty
• dancing
• cooking
• cocktails
• vegetarian
• drinking
• gardening
• movies
• board games
• traveling
• puzzles
• backpacking
• skydiving
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

The Golden Key, The Book of Flying, The Hunger Games, Candide, Percy Gloom, Dance Dance Dance, Little NemoBrazil, Brick, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Hobo With a Shotgun, Planet Earth, Drive, Spirited Away, The Peanut Butter SolutionFunk music, Lounge music, Electronic music, and pretty much anything by French impressionist composers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jumping out of a plane and free falling for 40 seconds, then floating down to the ground over the next few minutes. Skydiving was a rush.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I can teach you how to build a computer, how to mix some delicious cocktails, the ins-and-outs of video compression, how to get better pictures out of your camera, and how to solve a Rubik's cube.Learn: I would love to learn how to perform various repairs on a car, how to cook more meals (preferably vegetarian, though I'm a meat eater), how to pick a lock, and how to use Linux.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States