CURRENT MISSION

have experiences.

ABOUT ME

Things I like: dogs, soufflés, salted caramel, books, NPR, fuzzy blankets, blue herons, trains, weird laughs, air freshener.

Things I hate: sandy feet, Facebook status updates, the sound of vacuum cleaners, the common cold, purple.

PHILOSOPHY

Regret is a useless emotion.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

it should be pretty obvious that i'm a couchsurfing newbie... but I'd like to change that!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed with a great girl from

Interests

I'm a classically trained singer, an avid reader, and a huge foodie. see "all about me."

• dogs
• books
• singing

Music, Movies, and Books

Here's a smattering:

Music:
Ella, Billie Holiday, The Andrews Sisters, Of Montreal, The Smiths, St. Vincent, Joni Mitchell, Neutral Milk Hotel, Fleet Foxes...

Movies:
Blade Runner, Vertigo, Amelie, Pan's Labyrinth, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Memento, Blood and Donuts, The Graduate

TV:
30 Rock, Mad Men, Girls, Twin Peaks, Flight of the Concords, Arrested Development, Party Down

Authors: Jack Kerouac, Kurt Vonnegut, John Updike, Jeanette Winterson, Tom Stoppard, J.D. Salinger, Jeffrey Eugenides

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Moments that I've had with people that I've met and loved in Edinburgh come instantly to mind-- I love seeing new places, but eating salami on top of Arthur's seat at sunset and singing songs with the people you love most in the world, you can't beat that.

Teach, Learn, Share

- how to peel a clementine in one stroke
- how to sing a high c
- how to make caramel

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States