My partner (Anthony) and I recently moved to Detroit, MI after living in NYC for MANY years. We hosted many surfers during our time in NYC and really enjoyed it. We are currently getting ready to start a bike tour in Italy in October 2024.

I am a retired social worker and my partner, Anthony, is a retired stop-motion animator. Now we both just have jobs to pays the bills to focus more on living life and not living to work.

We are both HUGE bicycle nerds but in the fun way!

I am a vegan and Anthony is a vegetarian. We are both covid cautious so up to date on our boosters and often mask, if that matters to you.

*I used to have a review from a host on my page but since the person deleted their account, my review went with them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I grew up in a small tourist town. I always noticed that the tourists never came to the city to actually enjoy what the city had, locally. Instead they would just come and see the tourist sites and then shop and visit all the big box stores. When I travel, thats the last thing I want to see. I want to see and experience what the locals experience as closely as a tourist can. I feel the best way to do that is to stay with a local of that town, hence couchsurfing. I want to provide the same local feel to people who are visiting my town.

Interests

• arts
• street art
• music festivals
• dancing
• social action
• dining
• music
• live music
• cycling
• philosophy
• political science
• social justice
• film
• street photography
• lgbtq+

Music, Movies, and Books

To name a few: Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, The Mars Volta, Pink Floyd, Thee Oh Sees, Bjork, Prince, Saul Williams, Nina Simone, The Cure, Joy Division, Tool, KMFDM, Fugazi

Mal’s favorite movie is Hackers. Anthony loves all the movies!

Books Mal enjoys: The Lord of the Rings, On the Road, Paradise Lost, The Eccentric Rise of the Fabulous, and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs just for examples.

Books Anthony enjoys: All quiet on the western front, Hiroshima, You can’t win, Never let me go, The dispossessed, The English patient, If this is a man, Rabbits, Queer, Junky, Cyclogeography, Accelerando, The Jungle, Annihilation, Ringworld and The immortality key.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Mal:
Riding bikes across the United States (Trans America Bike Trail)
Riding bikes with 30,000 other people across Iowa (RAGBRI)
Naked bike ride of 13,000 people!
Hiking the Inca Trail in Peru.
Climbing Mt Saint Helens.

Anthony:
Riding bikes across the United States (Trans America Bike Trail)
Riding bikes with 30,000 other people across Iowa (RAGBRI)
Had a film in the Cannes Film Festival.
Nominated for a James Beard Award for a stop motion piece with Epicurious.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think we can learn something from everyone we meet.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can cook a damn good tasty vegetarian meal with you. We can share laughs and deep conversation. We can also leave you alone.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States