CURRENT MISSION

People are only strangers until you meet them.

ABOUT ME

I grew up in KS not far from Wichita, where I've lived now for about 8 years. I've also lived briefly in Chicago and travelled most of the east coast, been to Boise, the Rockies, Oregon etc. A lot of my travelling has been solo, but I've shared some great trips to Telluride CO, western KS, Austin TX and Chicago.

I spend my free time devouring all the good things (handmade food, local beer, art, live music, nature, etc) Baltimore has to offer.

I like people with laid-back personalities that make it easy to become friends over the course of an evening.

PHILOSOPHY

Couchsurfing is just like staying with friends you haven't met yet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I cook, listen, talk, offer blankets, tour guide you around town, make you meet my friends, make coffee in the morning etc.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't surfed yet, but I've had some incredible people as guests...a lot of really neat musicians and adventurers who just need to get off the road awhile.

Interests

I love to cook [everything is better from scratch. Never too much garlic. or wine.], ride my bike [I gave up a car somewhere around 2011], read [old dead authors], garden [succulents are my jam!], collage, write letters, study french, buy local art, drink coffee, collect postcards [not for value: I write/mail them], invent cocktails [once won a local martini competition w another bartender!], drink wine/hoppy beer/scotch, hoard cool rocks/bones/crystals, visit museums, see live music...etc. etc.

• arts
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• cocktails
• coffee
• drinking
• gardening
• shopping
• traveling
• music
• live music
• cycling
• art history
• history
• journalism
• tourism
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Little free library/garage sale books alone in the 25cent box, poetry poetry poetry. I never tire of new music, almost any variety. Soft sad girl Lucy Dacus, Tiny Ruins, dance vibes Doechi, kwn, sad old folksy moods Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Rodriguez, indie bands Blondeshell, Trails + Ways (They surfed w me!), all kinds etc etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I rode a century (100-mile bike ride) w/o really training aside from my everyday commuting. I didn’t know I had the capacity to feel pain like that.

Teach, Learn, Share

Still trying to figure out the leverage to open a beer w a lighter.

What I Can Share with Hosts

It might sound wild but I’m a professional nanny and I’m happy to trade childcare for a free date night. I can send references/a verified profile w background check etc.