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Chicago, Illinois, United States
@marinanir
Member since 2014
Hey!! Hola! Ciao! Shalom! I'm going be traveling and adventuring very soon and have had great CS experiences in the past. Usually I request hosts and accept surfers who I think I would love to get to know: artists, scientists, bookworms, musicians, and anyone loves to be creative! I hope you skim my profile and choose me to be your couch guest! CURRENT MISSION Explore New Orleans Jazz and summit a mountain in Denver at the end of March and in the beginning of April! ABOUT ME Half Japanese and half Israeli, but, from the Midwest. I like to go on adventures and love to explore and wander around new places. I went on my Pacific Northwest trip last summer and spontaneously met a bunch of travelers from all over el mundo. I compose and perform music and make bad art. I also specialize in cooking all Asian food. Sometimes when I'm traveling, people ask if I'm lost. I find myself explaining that I'm wandering and exploring, so being lost is part of it. My favorite part of traveling is meeting new people and travelers and exchanging stories with them.
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Art
Fluent in English
Learning Japanese
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I host and surf when I can! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I've done some hosting in the past and have formed some great friendships through my hosting experiences. I have hosted people from Mexico, Ecuador, Romania, Brazil, and the United States. Hosting people has helped me form long-term, fulfilling friendships!
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies: Waking Life, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Away We Go, Submarine, Big Fish Music: Sleater-Kinney, Feist, Satie, Brass Bed, My Brightest Diamond Books: Anything by David Sedaris, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Across America by Bicycle
One Amazing Thing I've Done
When I visited Japan as a kid my grandma took my sister and me on a road trip across all of Okinawa. In Okinawa they have a Pineapple theme park... Drinking water from a spring in Olympia
Teach, Learn, Share
teach: music and cooking learn: anything. a new dish to cook. i want to learn how to whittle share: stories and ideas
What I Can Share With Hosts
a night of music making, fusion cuisine cooked by me, music lessons, my tiny book of slang words and idioms in languages around the world
My Interests
Creating (music, art) Teaching Cooking ethnic foods, discovering new spices Podcasts Hiking and the outdoors!