I'm from New York City suburbs originally. I've been living in Detroit since 2002. I'm married. We have a goofy dog and two cats with a complicated relationship. I recently retired from teaching law at Wayne State University.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

Every couple of months, I travel to Mystic, CT to visit my mother, who has had a stroke. Through couch surfing, I hope to save a bit of money and to develop more a of connection to the area.

Centres d'intérêt

Some of my interests are music (I'm in a couple of local rock bands), chess, swimming, biking, math, book/comic collecting, photography, travel and drone piloting.

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Since you ask:

Beatles, Bowie, Black Flag, Brian Jonestown, Dylan, Eno, Flamin' Groovies, Flipper, Material Issue, Modern Lovers, Patti Smith, Pavement, Stooges, Sleater-Kinney, Velvet Underground, White Stripes, Yo La Tengo; Swing, jump, bop; Bach violin and cello works.

2001, Dr. Stragelove, A Hard Day's Night, Annie Hall, The Artist, Badlands, Barton Fink, Being John Malkovich, Breathless (1960), Birdman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Dogville, Gimme Shelter, His Gal Friday, La Dolce Vita, Lolita (1962), The Maltese Falcon, The Passenger, Psycho (1960), Pulp Fiction, Satyricon, Seven Up, Singing in the Rain, This Is Spinal Tap, Top Hat, Touch of Evil.

M. Amis, Atwood, Barth, R. Benchley, Borges, James Branch Cabell, PK Dick, James, Kafka, Miller, Murakami, Murdock, Nabokov, Orwell, Salinger, Jim Thompson, Thurber, Vonnegut.

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

Parachuting?

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

My philosophy is live and learn.

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

Music, chess, juggling, stories, jokes . . . .

Pays que j'ai visités

Anguilla, Belgium, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Martin (French part), Scotland, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey