CURRENT MISSION

Using life as a springboard and never saying no. Also working really hard on being an adult. It's going so-so.

ABOUT ME

I define myself by how much I can do for others. I never stop thinking. I care what people think because I think people matter. but I do what I do because I'm the one who wants to do it.

I'm open-minded and love taking an interest in people. You have a story to tell, I can feel it. I've studied journalism and anthropology, and built a little career that's a bit all over the place.

I also really love grocery shopping, feeding squirrels, and going to new places with new people.

I am recently married to a beautiful woman whom I love very much. She does not have a separate CS profile, but I'm happy to share her other socials, if needed.

PHILOSOPHY

give.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I think this is amazing, both for my future travels and for your travels to my neck of the woods. I'll let you use my washer/shower, show you my favorite restaurants, and tell you every random fact I know about Dallas. Or, if you just need directions to the closest Wal-mart, I can do that too.

I've rarely traveled to another place without CSing. It's given me, hands down, the best way to experience a city--through the eyes and minds of the amazing people who live there. Amsterdam, Edinburgh, and countless other places just wouldn't have been the same without it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Is OG-CSer a thing? I remember when CS was just a website and not an app. I've been surfing for 10+ years and I hope I never stop!

The first Couchsurfer I met was great. His name was Skip and he didn't need my couch, but we had a day of unforgettable adventures.

I've stayed with some pretty amazing guys in Scotland and Amsterdam (Sam and Leon!) on my way to Africa in 2009. Both were unforgettable experiences.

I stayed with two different surfers in NYC last year who were both amazing and accommodating. New York has one of the best CS communities out there, I swear. I've also surfed in Little Rock, Arkansas, with a wonderful young Ozarkian named Daniel. Oklahoma on a military base when my sister became a soldier. San Diego in a sailboat on the water. A basement apartment in a co-op in Atlanta. The list goes on!

兴趣

GUACAMOLE. queso. olives. rats. dogs. food. bottle collections. art. local bands with very little fans. board games. turtles. hourglasses. tiny things.

• dogs
• arts
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• cocktails
• walking
• shopping
• board games
• traveling
• anthropology
• journalism

音乐、电影和书籍

Books: The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone, and The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

Music: Father John Misty, This Will Destroy You, The Rocket Summer, Adele, Motion City Soundtrack, Slow Club, Glen Hansard, The Swell Season, Brand New, Sara Bareilles, I can make a mess like nobody's business, The Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, a host of Dallas folk bands... I could go on...

Movies: Call Me By Your Name, Patch Adams, Once, and A Walk to Remember. (Obviously, I'm a girl.) Also, The Big Lebowski and Four Lions. Once.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

The Taj Mahal is everything you want it to be and more. Being in its presence felt like meeting a friend, not just seeing one of the great wonders of the world. I've been three times and I'd go back in a heartbeat.

教，学，和分享

I can teach you how to make the best guacamole you've ever tasted. "Guacamole is a lifestyle."

I'm dying to learn Arabic. Teach me?

And I can share a ton of stories from the few places I've been. Traveling to stone quarries in Ghana? The time a baby goat walked into our slum school in New Delhi? Seeing snowy downtown London during a nighttime 8-hour (accidental) walking tour? Changing travel plans from one coast to another with two hours until take-off?

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I love to cook! Let's trade recipes!

我游览过的国家

Canada, England, Ghana, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Scotland, United States

我居住过的国家

India, United States

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