CURRENT MISSION

To meet and help other sparkling and beautiful inhabitants of this earth! To travel!

ABOUT ME

I grew up in a small town in Southern California, lived in New York City for four years during college, studied in Prague, Czech Republic and then lived in San Francisco, California for two years before moving to Austin in 2005. I don't really know what else to say about myself. I'm a practicing Buddhist, a vegetarian who loves sweets and I live with my awesome husband and our equally (well, maybe slightly less) awesome cat and dog.

PHILOSOPHY

"The most important thing is to find peace and to share it with others."
--Thich Nhat Hanh
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
--Annie Dillard
"I think my new thing will try to be a real happy guy. I'll just walk around being real happy until some jerk says something stupid to me."
--Jack Handey

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been slacking lately but I really want to start hosting again. Really! Contact me, we'll try to work something out.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and other places in Europe. Best experiences ever!

Interests

I love to travel and meet new people. Otherwise I like to read, practice yoga, train on the flying trapeze, swim, hang out with friends, cook, eat, drink wine and beer, listen to music, play music, hike, go out and spend time with hubby practicing Dog Whisperer techniques on our new baby (uh, dog).

• cats
• dogs
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• vegetarian
• yoga
• drinking
• flying
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

All music!
Authors: William Faulkner, Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Jeffrey Eugenides, Barbara Kingsolver, Gael Garcia Bernal, Kafka, Kundera, Truman Capote, Harper Lee, Janet Fitch, Murakami, William Johnson and on & on...
Movies: Office Space, Raising Arizona, Best in Show, Shadow of a Doubt, Gaslight, Ghost World, Donnie Darko, Saved, Fargo, Singles, Election, Eternal Sunshine, Devil's Playground, Bottlerocket, Go Fish, Manhattan, Together (!!!), The Elephant Man, The Godfather 1 & 2, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Waiting for Guffman and on & on...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

People helping others--a beautiful thing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can cook and bake with the best of them.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Germany, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, United States

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