I live in Los Angeles and I work for a pretty notorious adult company. My passions in life are food and comedy. Number one reason for traveling is to eat. Seriously. I was never interested in food or cooking until I went to Italy a few years ago and had AN AWAKENING. I also really love contemporary art, photography, painting, and comedy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm not comfortable hosting at the moment as I am in a tiny studio apartment that lacks a couch and other creature comforts. Hopefully next year I'll be more successful and live in a more accomodating space.

CouchSurfing has been wonderful because I'm naturally a pretty shy person but I've been blown away by the lovely, wonderful, fun, funny, warm, welcoming people I've stayed with. People are so great.

Interests

As I said, I love art, comedy and food. I'm also extremely interested in wine, sunsets, Central Asia, Judaism, and Soviet history.

• animals
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• traveling
• genealogy
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- Luna, Beach Boys, Ryan Adams, Fleetwood Mac, Spiritualized, Simon and Garfunkle, Nick Cave, the Kinks, Donovan, Tom Waits, ELO, Rufus Wainwright

Books- The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal, You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers, Island by Aldous Huxley, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, a million more.

TV- Stella, The State, Peep Show, many more. I love TV.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

WWOOFed in a castle/vineyard in Tuscany. hell yeah.

Teach, Learn, Share

As I said, I love learning about Soviet history in particular, and love hearing people's stories about their family's lineage. I also like linguistics and trying to translate idioms.

For a rousing good time, I work for a porn company, so I can regale you with stories about that.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to cook for people, share wine, and go out on the town.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States