My good friend Janet and I have a curiosity about the world and the only prescription is traveling!!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Visiting Western Europe this summer! I had fun meeting people through this website when I was in college a few years back.

Interests

+Music: playing violin and ukelele, learning piano, singing

+Music history: hip hop, soul, blues and jazz

+Chess: strategy and anthropology

+Karaoke

+Languages: knowledge of Spanish, German

+Cooking/Baking

+Design: everything from fashion to architecture to forks!

• arts
• singing
• architecture
• design
• fashion
• womens rights
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• baking
• chess
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• piano
• violin
• blues
• karaoke
• anthropology
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

+Movies/tv drama: favorites include The Godfather, The Apartment, Casino, Singing in the Rain, Gran Hotel (TV)

+Books: The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, The Street by Ann Petry, Simple Checkmates by AJ Gillam, Counterplay: An Anthropologist at the Chessboard by Robert Desjarlais

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taught 1st Grade; co-directed a grassroots organization to cooperatize the city budget

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm always interested in talking, learning, laughing. Radical perspectives, stories of struggle, triumph, love, community, equity, LGBTQ, feminism across cultures, chess, games, art, art as therapy, music, music as therapy, nostalgia, identity, etc.

What I Can Share with Hosts

+Tutoring (English)
+New invention ideas
+Conversation
+Makeup tips
+Food/recipes

Countries I’ve Visited

Ecuador

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States