I have always been connected to food and craved adventure. I took my first steps in the kitchen of my childhood home in Berkeley, California, and leaned how to ride a 2 wheel bicycle when I was 3

I am a dreamer (who lives to make them come true) and restaurant/hospitality entrepreneur, a cooker (because being a chef is too complicated), and explorer (looking in and reaching out).

As an entrepreneur, my life has been full of valleys and peaks, challenges (not failures) and successes

As an optimist I will always reflect, reassess, embrace, move forward and continue to dream

I am out and about on The Royal Ride (my never ending motorcycle adventure) to experience life through sharing meals or just a thirst quenching libation (...coffee, tea, beer, or wine is absolutely fine) and to enrich my life with new friendships and adventures of all kinds

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

I’m surfing (the world) to connect and learn about the amazingly rich and varied cultures (locally and across the globe) I share the planet with, to make new friends, experience life’s diversity through food and drink, and share the adventures I take and the lessons I learn on The Royal Ride

Interessi

• cooking
• motorcycles
• gardening
• teaching
• adventure
• learning new things
• sharing
• places
• creating
• living
• loving
• connecting with people

Musica, film e libri

• MUSIC (in no particular order)
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. Mozart
3. Elvis Presley
4. Oingo Boingo
5. Carlos Santana
6. Imagine Dragons
7. Pat Benatar
8. David Bowie
9. Stevie Ray Vaughan
10. Queen
11. Rodrigo y Gabriela
12. Ray Charles
13. The Police
14. Stevie Wonder
15. Super Tramp
16. The Doors
17. The Blacked Keys
18. Tina Turner
19. The Clash
20. The Rolling Stones
21. George Thorogood

• MOVIES (in no particular order)
1. The Martian
2. The Greatest Showman
3. Star Wars (original)
4. Young Frankenstein
5. The Terminator
6. The Princess Bride
7. Blade Runner (original)
8. My Cousin Vinny
9. Abbott and Costello (all)
10. Blazing Saddles
11. Lawrence of Arabia
12. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (original)
13. The Matrix (trilogy)
14. West Side Story
15. Fantasia
16. The Usual Suspects
17. Raiders of the Lost Ark
18. Chicago
19. Ratatouille
20. The Planet of the Apes (original)

• BOOKS (in no particular order)
1. Zen Driving: Be a Budda behind the wheel of your automobile – K.T. Berger
2. My Father’s Dragon (trilogy) – Ruth Stiles Gannett
3. The Hobbit & The Lord of The Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
4. Green Eggs and Ham – Dr. Seuss
5. Where The Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
6. Salted – Mark Bitterman
7. The Trumpet of the Swan – E. B. White
8. Waffles: From Morning to Midnight – Dorie Greenspan
9. Dali Lama - The Path to Tranquility
10. Distant Neighbors – Alan Riding
11. Under The Tuscan Sun – Frances Mayers
12. Shibumi – Rodney Wiliam Whitaker (Trevanian)
13. The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves & Masonry Ovens – Daniel Wing & Alan Scott
14. Shogun – James Clavell
15. Setting the Table – Danny Meyer
16. Adventure Motorcycling Handbook – Chris Scott
17. Bread: A Baker’s Book of Techniques and Recipes – Jeffrey Hamelman
18. National Geographic (the magazine)
19. Coffee Basics: A quick and easy guide – Kevin Knox & Julie Sheldon Huffaker

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

Why settle for one (in no particular order)!
• Had my appendix removed in Tibet
• Moved to Los Angeles, California in 1978 and got cast as an extra then transitioned to a principle roll in the movie “Falling in Love Again”, one of Michelle Pfeiffer’s early film rolls
• Road a bicycle up the west coast from San Francisco, California to Portland, Oregon during the summer between 11th and 12th grade
• Opened a Mexican restaurant, in the hood, that served cinnamon malt waffles (can anyone say churros) for weekend brunch
• Road a 2012 Royal Enfield C5 (classic 500) single cylinder thumper across the southern US, up the west coast to Canada, flew to Jakarta, Indonesia (the motorcycle came over 10 days later), and finally puttered down the length of Java and took a ferry to Bali

Cosa posso offrire ai padroni di casa

• Friendship
• Cooking
• Adventure

Paesi che ho visitato

Cambodia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

United States