I'm a Montrealer, born and raised, but I have traveled some, mostly in Europe, and I spent this summer touring China with my beau. I'm a big nerd, mostly I read and talk about the things I read--I'm doing my MA in literature. I also work as a waitress and bartender at a Southern comfort food restaurant in Montreal.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's cheaper than hotels and you can meet some pretty amazing people.

Interests

I eat books, write mediocre poetry, sew most of my own clothes, enjoy a good Scotch, love to cook. I also love music and have a very broad taste: Mozart to Wu Tang. And I'm not a bad shot at pool.

• books
• literature
• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• clothing
• billiards
• knitting
• music
• sports
• history
• religion
• last minute travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
The Mountain and the Valley--Ernest Buckler
The Quiet American--Graham Greene
To the Lighthouse--Virginia Woolf
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady--Samuel Richardson
Anthony and Cleopatra--Bill Shakespeare
The Picture of Dorian Gray--Oscar Wilde
2666--Roberto Bolano
Brideshead Revisited--Evelyn Waugh
A Dance to the Music of Time--Anthony Powell
most everything that T.S. Eliot did.

Movies:
Farewell My Concubine
Velvet Goldmine
Cyclo
Cabaret
Coffee and Cigarettes

Music:
David Bowie
Leonard Cohen
Bob Dylan
Of Montreal
Wu Tang Clan
D'Angelo
Mozart
Schubert
Wagner

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I sewed a Marie Antoinette gown in three days, as a last-minute Halloween costume.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can talk all day about poetry, you'll probably ask me to stop. (What I want is to teach English, preferably at the university-level). But I can talk about other things: religion, history, music. I can pretend to know about sports. I can also teach you how to sew on a button or how to knit.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, and if you like beer, I'll bring beer. Beer makes better stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Barbados, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Scotland, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada