CURRENT MISSION

eat, love, travel, dance like a fool

ABOUT ME

My hair may be difficult to tame, but the rest of me usually just needs a good meal surrounded by laughing friends to settle down.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm still a newbie, but I have now couchsurfed in Toulon, Lyon, Milan, Amsterdam, London and Boston! All have been great experiences. Hoping to be able to host someday soon...

Interests

fiction, music (motown, hip hop, folk), dancing, feminism, good food, nature walks (hiking may be stretching the truth), family...

• books
• dancing
• womens rights
• dining
• recipes
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• genealogy
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Dirty Dancing, A League of Their Own, The Birdcage, High Fidelity, The Usual Suspects, youtube videos of baby animals...

Music: Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, The Temptations, The Eagles, The Beatles, The Band, Joni Mitchell, Christina Aguilera, Norah Jones, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Janis Joplin, James Taylor, Paul Simon, CSNY, Cat Stevens, Bob Seger, Buena Vista Social Club, CCR, Lauryn Hill, Bob Marley, Maxwell, D'Angelo, Kanye, Talib Kweli, Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Pete Rock, Mos Def, Common

Books: Autobiography of Red, Beloved, Middlesex, Breath Eyes Memory, The Bell Jar, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Witches, Woman: An Intimate Geography, Fall on Your Knees, The Weight of Water, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Harry Potter, The Secret Life of Bees, anything by Alice Munro, The New Yorker

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I worked with women during childbirth, so I'd have to say that's one of the most amazing things I've witnessed -- the first moments of mama and baby together.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learning about people's families and ancestry is very interesting to me; love to learn languages; will gladly lend a hand in the kitchen to learn some new recipes!

There must be a lot of things I know having grown up in the US and Canada...From French lessons, to hip hop, to books, to breastfeeding, to feminism, to city life, to negotiating cultural differences in a relationship...

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Ireland, Italy, Martinique, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, United States

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