CURRENT MISSION

In search of the Perfect Taco.

ABOUT ME

Well, I'm easier to talk to than to describe, for starters, but I other than that I'm a friendly, funny guy, curious about the world around him and trying in what little ways I can to make it a better place. I love music, food, nature, the Arts, and a good joke. Preferably all at the same time. Oh, and I travel when I can. Sometimes when I can't. My left-brained friends would tell you that I am a Carpenter, Stagehand, Horticurturalist, and part-time Jack-of-all-trades, that I am fluent in French, and that I have an 18-year-old son named Alec who is a freshman at Stanford.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Brand new to this! I hoping to meet some new friends and expand my horizons a bit, through both travel and hosting.

Interests

I would love to say that I meditate every day, but I'm usually too busy cramming my brain full of current events, politics, history, science, environmentalism, herbology and nutrition, organic gardening, and whatever else catches my attention. Sometimes I can be caught reading literature or even poetry. Sunsets and moonrises. Live music. Sitting under trees or near the water.

• arts
• literature
• poetry
• dining
• meditation
• gardening
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• live music
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music-Jazz of the Bebop era and beyond, Coltrane, Miles, Mingus, Morgan, Monk,... Rock from Hendrix to Hardcore, Blues, old country, Cajun and Zydeco, whatever Rap my son turns me on to.
Movies- Big Lebowski and anything Coen Brothers, early Woody Allen, art house and indie flicks, documentaries,...
Books-One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Tom Robbins, Vonnegut,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing I've ever seen was La Grotte de Font-de-Gaume, in La Dordogne, France, one of the oldest prehistoric cave painting sites still open to the public. I was incapable of speech for the rest of the day. The most amazing thing I've ever heard was the Chicago Symphony performing Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. I had to be helped out of my seat.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy, Netherlands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, France, United States