CURRENT MISSION

Subvert coastal chauvinism.

ABOUT ME

Carpenter/real estate developer/designer/woodworker working in St. Louis and Gary, Indiana on some community development projects. I am interested in finance and microfinance, design, environmentalism and sustainability, and many more things. I also work in a woodshop and make things.

I rep the 717, originally, and appreciate my East Coast roots combined with a Midwestern sensibility forged in the frigid winters of the Iowa prairies and tempered by the central core of the Rust Belt.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have couchsurfed in Columbus, Detroit, and have hosted in St. Louis as well as met members of STL's CS community. Great people all around!

Interests

art, cities, bacon, Midwestern accents, Legos, newspapers, writing, drawing, history, notebooks, socks, shoes, walking, coffee.

• arts
• writing
• literature
• architecture
• design
• beauty
• coffee
• walking
• drawing
• investing
• music
• history

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being in eastern Iowa in June, one of the most beautiful times and places in the universe. Moving to St. Louis and discovering an unrivaled maelstrom of beauty and energy and dysfunction and anger.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a few things about carpentry, music theory, buildings, architecture, German language/history/literature, financial resource management, Star Trek, investing, real estate, Victorian operetta, American industrial/urban history, fine art.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States