Balkan roots, California-grown. Continuing my education in The Netherlands.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Good company and danger dogs > an evening at Noma

Interests

Food (making it, thinking about it, talking about it, and especially eating it), bitcoin and blockchain, billiards, rock-climbing, energy grids

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
Log from the Sea of Cortez - John Steinbeck
Beware of Pity - Stefan Zweig
Foundation - Isaac Asimov
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Nowhere Man - Aleksandar Hemon
The Book of my Lives - Aleksandar Hemon
Still Life with Woodpecker - Tom Robbins
Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins
Poems by Hafiz
The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano

Favorite Stand-up Comedians:
Bill Burr
Jim Jeffries
Louis CK
Paul Mooney
Chris Rock
Dave Chappelle
Bo Burnham
Patton Oswalt

Music:
Tycho, Bomba Estereo, Led Zeppelin, The Avalanches, Chet Faker, The Internet, Danny Brown, Miguel, Snow Patrol, Fat Freddy's Drop, Chromeo, Explosions in the Sky, Atmosphere, Felt, Lianne La Havas, Paloma Faith, David Bowie, New Order, The Rolling Stones, Joy Division, Oasis, Ben Howard, Daft Punk, Jill Scott, Dolly Parton, Cat Power

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ripped out a damaged skid plate from under a car with my bare hands.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to throw a figure-8 knot like a cowboy

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking and language exchange. I have professional writing experience and so can edit English copywriting and assist with translation work.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States