CURRENT MISSION

Visit libraries, archives; Enjoy Photo ethnography,

ABOUT ME

My wife and I love traveling, but don't want to impose on anyone, but I love getting travel tips. I have a bunch of links at my website such as links to jazz, cafes, museums, etc. I'll try to update some of those later.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I only joined, but I can participate with some travel advice for Hawaii. I would like to get the same from others on places I like to visit, especially if they are off the beaten path.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None. I've stayed at youth hostels when I was younger. I used to teach ESL.

Interests

Photography (film and digital), History, Libraries, Archives, Peace, Politics, Poetry, Listening to Klezmer music, Jazz...

• arts
• culture
• poetry
• photography
• politics
• traveling
• pottery
• music
• jazz
• surfing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Interests:
Photography, Architecture, Japanese poetry, Yiddish poetry, jazz, human rights, Amnesty International, bizen pottery, museums, architecture walking tours, archives, photography, finding a tansu in a Japanese antique market, reading in cafes, did I mention good food?
Favorite Music:
Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Mal Waldron, John Zorn, Dimitri Shostakovich, Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Arvo Pärt, Hildegard von Bingen, Khaled, David Krakauer, Klezmer, Hesperion XXI, Anonymous 4, Kronos Quartet, Sequentia
Favorite TV Shows:
Monty Python, The Prisoner, Bill Moyers Journal
Favorite Movies:
Matewan, Ikiru, Hannah and Her Sisters, Tevye der Milkhiker, Blues Brothers, Tampopo, Dr. Strangelove, The Producers, Metropolis, Citizen Kane, Ugetsu Monogatari, Bananas
Kokoro, Gentle Madness, Reading on the Middle Border, Japanese American Celebration and Conflict, Beyond Loyalty, Embracing Defeat, Jesse Shera, Tao of Pooh, poetry, Gary Snyder, Cid Corman, Sakaki Nanao, Enchi Fumiko, A Little Love in Big Manhattan, The Strange Nation of Rafael Mendes, Scribes Script & Books, Jews in the Japanese Mind, Outwitting History

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn about Japanese pottery, and enjoy learning more about history and libraries, and about camera shops, photo exhibits, flickr meetups, etc.

I know the art/museum/jazz/photography/library/archive scene in Hawaii.

I know nothing about surfing and sadly very little about Native Hawaiian culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Israel, Japan, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sweden, Switzerland, United States