ABOUT ME

Dorothy is 28 and Rob is 36. We make our home in Seattle with two furry cats named William of Orange and Louis Quatorze.

Dorothy is a jewelry designer and metalsmith and is currently in grad school in the UK for metalwork conservation and restoration. Rob has a PhD in anthropology and has traveled to about 37 countries. We are both huge history buffs.

We're not party animals, though we can appreciate a good, raucous atmosphere! We LOVE food and are constantly trying to broaden our own culinary horizons.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Complete novices, except for the one time a couchsurfer stayed at our place in Japan because our neighbor (the couchsurfer's real host) had to unexpectedly leave town.

Interests

Dorothy - art, craft, conservation, fashion, books, medieval history, material culture, metalsmithing, making stuff, watching stuff, carefully acquiring stuff, furry animals of all kinds, watching figure skating, Baroque music

Rob - anthropology, video games, media, music (piano, saxophone, penny whistle, bagpipes), traveling, brewing beer, mountainous landscapes, history

• animals
• cats
• arts
• culture
• books
• design
• fashion
• concerts
• dining
• beer
• partying
• video games
• traveling
• restoration
• homebrewing
• metalworking
• music
• piano
• swimming
• anthropology
• communications
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Dorothy - A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, Pauline Gedge, Zadie Smith, Angela Carter, Persuasion by Jane Austen

Rob - Jorge Luis Borges, Umberto Eco, The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson

We feel no shame over watching a lot of quality TV. Some of our recent favorites are Orphan Black, Broad City, Justified, and Orange is the New Black.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

conserving two thousand year old Chinese bronzes,
eating a kaiseki meal in Kyoto,
night-time fjord-swimming and wild blueberry picking in Oslo,
seeing the Bayeux tapestry,
medieval music concert at the Musee de Cluny in Paris,
morning sun over Lake Karakol

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Philippines, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States

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