Lover of the outdoors and travel. Recently got a second home in Joshua Tree where I split my time between Joshua Tree and Costa Mesa. I am a hairstylist, educator for Davines (haircare line from Parma, Italy) and I own and design and make jewelry and housewares. I have a sustainable line where I source vintage found objects as well as sourcing from Mother Nature to create my line. Some of the things I like are perusing museums, travel, flea markets up-cycling vintage found objects, Yé-yé era, vintage clothes, Dadaism, Bauhaus art movement, collecting vinyl, modernism, going to shows.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have never tried it… My friends have and I thought to give it a try.

Interests

I love to travel, exploring abandoned areas, love vintage shopping and sourcing for materials for my up-cycled vintage found objects jewelry and housewares line, cooking, going to live shows.

• arts
• design
• cooking
• shopping
• clothing
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Amelie ,Love in the Afternoon, Storytelling, Pumpkin,Zuz Y Zo, Roman Holiday, He love me-He Loves me not, JET LAG, Bleu, Red, Happenstance, Venus Beauty Institute, L'Auberge Espagnole, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Life Aquatic, Loves of a Blonde, Love me if you Dare, Valentin, Jules et Jim, The Royal Tenenbaums..

Music: holly Golightly, Slumber Party, Evie Sands, Sebastien Tellier, Margo Guryan, Bertrand Burgalat, Sigur Ros,Shocking Wave, Pavement, Destroyer, Micachu, Mojave 3, Trailer Trash Tracys, Twin Sister, Tennis, White Fence, Natural Child, Froth, Corners, The Growlers, The Blank Tapes, Froth, Mystic Braves, Allah-Las, Autolux, The Babies, La Luz, Thee Oh Sees, The Happy Hollows, Foxygen, Toy, Cold Showers, Numerators, Karen Dalton, The Mamas and The Pappas, Blonde Redhead, L.A. Witch, The Coathangers, Gram Parsons, Graves, The New Sound of Numbers, Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There's a couple that were on my bucket list
1) Visited the Bauhaus in Dessau and stayed in the former student dorms last summer.

2) Visited Beelitz Heilstatten abandoned sanatorium in Brandenburg, Germany this past fall.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Well, I have two places.. One in Costa Mesa and the other in Joshua Tree.. There is so much out in the Hi-Desert so much in the music and art scene as well as all of the wonderful secret spots of the desert…

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States