CURRENT MISSION

to sieze the day, and nap often.

ABOUT ME

i'm a fashion designer. i enjoy all things cultural and creative. my feet have been traipsing through as many art galleries and museums as my expired student card will get me into at a discount.　my baby face helps with that. i live for food. i love to cook. i think i'd eat just about anything and i'm always happy at a farmers market. i'm highly motivated and yet totally lazy, and somehow manage the fine balance between doing a lot AND sleeping a lot...i'm independently minded, but most of the time i like people, and i am almost always of a sunny disposition. the glass is half full thank you very much.

PHILOSOPHY

"...as faye dunaway i think, it was, she-she-she said when bonnie and clyde came out and the whole bit, she said she tried to give people what they wanted--that's a mistake really--i know, well, uh (laughs), you can't do it, well only after...you use up everything you got trying to give everyone what they want..."

nina simone (...is a godess)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

a couple friends i met at the beginning of my solo travels around europe recommended i join couch surfing. i thought it sounded creepy. i was a total sceptic and non-believer. but an exhausting and unsatisfying run of hostel stays made me reconsider...gave it a whirl and now i'm the happiest convert on the block. couch surfing has completely transformed the way i travel and has rose tinted my world. i love it and will continue to participate when i get back home.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

have spent the better part of the last 3 months surfing across europe. the generosity and general awesomeness of the people i have met and stayed with continues to blow me away.

Interests

-design (fashion, architecture, graphic...what-have-you)
-art (open to it all, happiest in modern and contemporary galleries, ambivalent feelings towards performance art)
-food! (cooking makes me happy. when i travel i miss my kitchen. and i have adventurous tastebuds...recent memorable snacks: snail soup in marrakech, pickled herring and vodka in warsaw...today i sucked the heads out of some juicy langoustines in valencia.)
-pop culture junky...do you dare challenge me to a round of the movie game?
-special moments in secret places (i like to get lost, i like to wander down the back alleys and i like the surprises a city has to offer more than the main attractions)

• arts
• culture
• performing arts
• architecture
• design
• fashion
• dining
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• surfing
• snowboarding
• solo travel

Music, Movies, and Books

-east of eden by john steinbeck
-anything by vonnegut
-love old school r&b and rock'n'roll, jazz, some new electronic and pop-rock-indie tunes in general
-all pedro almodovar films
-i cry every time i go to the ballet

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-learning to snowboard at whistler mountain in the canadian rockies this year was pretty great.

-christmas day. sunrise. camel ride through the sahara near merzouga. amazing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Poland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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