Currently living in Southern California.
Formerly in Brooklyn.

Dedicated ashtanga yoga practitioner, freediver, and vegan.

Studying acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.

Reviving my profile here, after many years of inactivity. I hosted and surfed quite a bit from 2008-2011 and still have some dear friends from this period.
I tried participating with the newer (and free) couchers.org platform and hope that community will continue to grow.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

the happiest times of my life have been with some of my hosts and guests.

Interests

the ocean, art, Chinese medicine, geriatric care, shiatsu, poetry, sunrises in the desert

Music, Movies, and Books

music: jesus and mary chain, earth, the velvet underground, spiritualized, sunn, maki asakawa, ichiko aoba

movies: alejandro jodorowsky, marcel carne, andrzej zulawski

books: roberto bolano, lucia berlin, mikhail bulgakov

I used to consume a lot of music, film, and books but fewer now that life is so filled with responsibilities.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One singular event and one extensive period of my life:

Visiting Walter de Maria’s Lightning Field

Spent five years taking care of my grandmother (and best friend) with Alzheimer’s.

Teach, Learn, Share

My grandmother was Japanese and that's the food I like to eat and cook.

What I Can Share with Hosts

a meal, some wine, a sunrise or sunset

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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