CURRENT MISSION

Rise above personal gratification, create meaningful relationships

ABOUT ME

Philosophically introspective, socially gregarious, with a fiendish sense of humor and a serious love of history, art, literature, and genealogy.

PHILOSOPHY

Live authentically, simply, with gratitude and compassion, but remember that your greatest duty should be living to your potential.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hoping to find new friends that will help keep my travels focused on experiences instead of housing budget.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just starting out, no experiences as of yet, hoping to change that in a major way this summer.

Interests

Professionally I'm a singer/actor who sings mostly classical/opera/operetta. I'm pretty interested in those things. I also play piano by ear pretty well, voracious reader (book a week when I'm not working a lot), fan of traditional/Ivy/preppy men's style (I have a lot of ties. No, really, a LOT.), and I'm a big fan of travel. Born Proper Philadelphian, raised in New England, live in New York. Forgive the cliche...but I'm looking forward to meeting new people!

• arts
• books
• literature
• singing
• acting
• concerts
• traveling
• music
• piano
• opera
• boxing
• genealogy
• history
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors I read and re-read: PG Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh, Cormac McCarthy, Flannery O'Connor, Graham Greene, Shusaku Endo, John Steinbeck, Jack London, GK Chesterton, DH Lawrence, John Cheever

Music: Jazz (Dixie, Gypsy, Cool, etc.), Classical, Baroque, Romantic, Rossini, Gilbert & Sullivan, Vampire Weekend, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Simon and Garfunkel, Wagner, Blues, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

China Cove at Point Lobos, Carmel CA.
Cape Cod.
Singing "The Boxer" with 50,000 Parisians at a Simon and Garfunkel concert.
Performing at New York City Center my first year living in NYC.
Driving across the Painted Desert.
Summer road trips through upstate New York.
Studying with Metropolitan Opera diva.

Picking one amazing thing is nuts. Every day should be amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've taught voice lessons in the past, always enjoy exposing people to new music and new talents they weren't aware they had. Also love discussing books with people, giving and receiving recommendations, mulling over content, finding new angles and hidden concepts.