CURRENT MISSION

Houston: there's culture & magic in this city, we swear!

ABOUT ME

We both write for Houston's daily digital magazine, CultureMap.com. Steven writes about art. Jennifer writes entertainment stories and music and society listings. If you're looking for stuff to do in the city, check out the CultureLists.

PHILOSOPHY

Houston: it's not that bad!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We've lived and hosted together for three years though we're not "together" together.

Jennifer is more active with couchsurfing than Steven, though we both seek to prove to travelers that Houston isn't as horrible as some have made it out to be. There's culture and magic in this city, we swear!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We've had only good experiences. We've hosted over a dozen surfers but have yet to surf ourselves. We figured we'd pay our dues first.

Interests

writing, architecture, art galleries, themed parties, costumes, Barcelona, dive bars, cooking,

• arts
• culture
• writing
• architecture
• cooking
• partying
• magic
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

music: Modest Mouse, Phoenix, Ugly Casanova, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, Built to Spill, Radiohead, The French Kicks, Au Revoir Simone, Broken Social Scene, Wolf Parade, Pavement, Spoon, Pinback, My Bloody Valentine, The Whitest Boy Alive, Radio Dept., Beach House, Crystal Castles, Deerhunter, Cocorosie, Animal Collective, The Dodos, M83, No Age, TV On The Radio, Wavves, Passion Pit, Hot Chip

movies: The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Harold and Maude, The Graduate, The Virgin Suicides, Coffee and Cigarettes, The Big Lebowski, Amores Perros, Out of Africa, Pulp Fiction, Volver, Easy Rider, The Shawshank Redemption, and documentaries like Man on Wire, Jesus Camp, Born Into Brothels, The Education of Shelby Knox, Who Killed the Electric Car?, The Parrots of Telegraph Hill, Planet Earth and other nature documentaries, the TV and radio series This American Life

books: I try to keep my reading strictly to other people's bumper stickers and the warning labels on prescription bottles and home appliances. Just kidding I never read warning labels.

Teach, Learn, Share

Maybe we could make you a friendship bracelet. Maybe.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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