ABOUT ME

I'm easy going and truly interested in learning about whatever I don't know. Seeing a city from a local's perspective is always how I prefer to travel. I might be addicted to travel... anytime I have the chance, I'm on a bus or in a rideshare (I'm cheap). I have been so fueled by the exchanges and memories I have collected while couchsurfing and exploring. I am obsessed with good food, but also adequate fuel. I love good design. I dance in a professional ballet company, which I studied for for years in Toronto, Canada. It usually makes me very happy and keeps me inspired. Sometimes it makes me crazy. I don't have much time off, but dance has created an opportunity to meet people from all over the world and broaden my view in ways I couldn't have imagined.

Interests

dance, photography, writing letters, writing stories, cooking tex-mex, baking flan, dinner parties, good and bad wine, art, music, people that make me laugh, amateur film making, long slow movies, autobiographies, slack lining, grooving, bad haircuts, good haircuts, intertubing, being on a boat or kayak, family time, laughing, two-step and line dance, thrift shopping, trying to garden and failing, good surprises, getting into a craft vortex, philosophy, art history, traveling, adventure, hyggeligt times, swimming, public pools, culture

• arts
• culture
• writing
• design
• photography
• film making
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• dining
• cooking
• baking
• partying
• gardening
• shopping
• thrifting
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• swimming
• art history
• history
• psychology
• people

Music, Movies, and Books

Air, Kate Bush, Dolly Parton, Brahms, ML Buch, Lambchop, John Prine, Fiona Apple, Sinead O'Connor, Sade, Janis Joplin, Timber Timbre, Hop Along, most motown and soul, Tom Waits, Alvvays, Willie Nelson, Animal Collective, Joanna Newsom, Jessica Pratt, Patsy Cline, Sports, Blink 182, Burial, Grimes, Hinds, The Kills, Daniel Johnston, Parquet Courts, The xx, LCD Soundsystem, Tame Impala, Cat Power, Chromatics, BB King, Otis Redding, Billy Holiday, Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Arcade Fire, Blood Orange, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bahamas, The Black Keys, Angel Olsen, Bjork, Little Simz, Fever Ray, Blonde Redhead, Duval Timothy, Life Without Buildings, Khruangbin, Bruce Springsteen, Joanna Sternberg, Mazzy Star, Dion, Joni Mitchell, Talking Heads, The Almighty Defenders, Feist, Shakey Graves, La Femme, The Rural Alberta Advantage, etc etc etc...

Wild at Heart, Barton Fink, Blue Valentine, Lost in Translation, Before Night Falls, Ratatouille, Birdman, Death at a Funeral, Psycho, Happy Christmas, Sophie's Choice, Devil Wears Prada, Julie and Julia, Short Term 12, Drive, Inglorious Bastards,

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, France, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, United States