CURRENT MISSION

To embrace the unexpected

ABOUT ME

Favorite things: healthy recipes, funny people, weird museums, books, cool handwriting, unique interiors, trains, thunderstorms, foreign languages, hills and hiking

Least favorite things: materialism, shoe shopping, scary movies, slow drivers, mobile phone zombies

PHILOSOPHY

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed with some great people the summer of 2011 in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. During my other travels I did not do couchsurfing, but I plan to in Chile this year.

Interests

Reading (like crazy!), writing, cooking, mentoring, exercise, sociology, public speaking, kids, spirituality, comedy, board games, wine, interior design, linguistics, new music, napping (yes), and of course--travel.

• writing
• books
• design
• interior design
• cooking
• recipes
• wine
• exercise
• shopping
• movies
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• languages
• sociology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Hard to choose.
Movies: Rushmore, It's a Wonderful Life, La Haine, 16 Candles, Role Models, Sliding Doors
Music: India.Arie, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Phoenix, Debussy, 80's, Motown
Books: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Help, A Tale of Two Cities, Freedom, A Gate at the Stairs, Let the Great World Spin, White Teeth

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Experiencing the Geirangerfjord in Norway was just mind-blowing. I thought, "No one should live his or her life without being here at some point."

Countries I’ve Visited

Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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