CURRENT MISSION

Go jogging on every continent, see as much of the world as I can and make a record of it somehow, and see the tombs of all the major composers.

ABOUT ME

Above all, I'm a musician. I play piano and sing, and I love it more than all other aspects of my life. After music, I am equal parts poet, traveler, philosopher, tennis fanatic, and lover.

I love making friends around the world, and I'm actually one of those people who keeps in contact, even if we never see each other again.

I love museums, operas, great literature, as well as partying all night, dancing to Beyonce, and making a fool of myself in front of people who don't know me.

My favorite conversations are when you both realize you have far too many things to say at once, and that even if you had all night, the other person would get tired before you'd exhausted it all.

I'm a very self-confident, determined, and kind person. I'm also a gay man who's out and not ashamed, though I'm not militant or reactionary the way some people are. I don't over-identify with any particular group, which has its positives and negatives.

Most of all, I'm hoping to meet wonderful people to share the joys and pains of living with, while we still can.

PHILOSOPHY

Find the people who love me with the most constancy and joy, give thanks for them, and reciprocate.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Brand new to CouchSurfing!

Interests

piano, poetry, literature, art, museums, good wine, eating raw cookie dough, dancing all night, going to bed after the sun has come up, spontaneous laughter, pleasant surprises, gin cocktails, anything with Judy Garland...

• arts
• literature
• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• wine
• cocktails
• partying
• music
• piano
• tennis
• philosophy

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Love in the Time of Cholera, The Gnostic Gospels, Sense and Sensibility, Love Medicine, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Sound And The Fury, The Color Purple, Cold Mountain, To the Lighthouse

Music: Rufus Wainwright, Schubert, Chopin, Arvo Part, Fiona Apple, Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel, Renee Fleming, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Bob Marley

Movies: The Godfather, Silence of the Lambs, Lilo and Stitch, Fargo, Annie Hall, Pulp Fiction, The Shining

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I stayed in the West Bank too late one evening, and when we came to get back into Israel, the border crossing was closed. This was before the wall was fully completed, so the four of us sneaked through an opening and smuggled ourselves back into Israel, about 2 minutes before three Israeli soldiers drove past that spot to patrol...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Barbados, Bolivia, Canada, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Guadeloupe, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Palestine, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States