Hello there.

So far, well, I've lived all over the place:

Detroit, MI —> Scarsdale, NY —> Los Angeles, CA —> Amherst, MA —> Paris, France —> Brooklyn, NY —> Oakland, CA

And I've loved it. I don't often feel displaced, but when I do, I actually welcome the feeling. I love having to actively discover and acclimate to an environment.

I've lived in Portland for about a year now, but I still consider New York City — where I lived, worked, wrote, and played in a band for 6 years — my home.

As a guest, I'm a super respectful and warm person. I've been told I'm a great conversationalist, but I also really enjoy silence and just being. I'm pretty balanced. If you’d like to join me on any of my adventures, that would be sweet. I’m also quite independent and will inevitably come with a lot of ideas in mind already, so if you're busy, no worries at all.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Sometimes it's nicer to be in the fabric of a city rather than hidden away in a hotel.

Interests

Oh, hm. That's pretty general. So here are some pretty general things I'm interested in:

literature, music, design, hiking, film, soccer, tennis

• arts
• literature
• design
• environment
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• soccer
• tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Some movies...

The Magnificent Ambersons
Wait Until Dark
Downtown 81
Zabriskie Point
The Bad Seed
Broken Flowers

Some music...

Kevin Ayers
Darius Milhaud
Vashti Bunyan
Laraaji
Lonnie Liston Smith
Michael Nyman

Some books...

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Varieties of Disturbance by Lydia Davis
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

During a high school soccer game, I scored a goal from the halfway line. It looked like a perfect rainbow.

Teach, Learn, Share

For some reason, I'm great at teaching French pronunciation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A nice piece of art I will draw up just for them.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, China, France, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Senegal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States