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Overview

  • 2 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Spreading Love and Learning
  • Belmont University
  • From Park Ridge, IL (righ outside Chicago)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My mission is to enjoy life, live by the moment, meet interesting people I can learn from, and see what mother nature is all about.

ABOUT ME

I am an open-minded, accepting person. I love autumn leaves and a cool breeze. I am going to school working on my Spanish and songwriting and music business skills. Music, art, learning, reading, writing, and languages are my life. I think guacamole is the greatest food invention since strawberries. Yoga and a glass of tea in the morning is a perfect start to every day.

PHILOSOPHY

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle and the life of that candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.-Buddha Spread Love and Happiness!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well, I just started, but I hope to make this awesome place even better by helping out any way I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Noobie!

Interests

Yoga, listening to music, playing Euro board games, hiking, camping, concerts, guacamole, trying new things, playing guitar, singing, playing piano and accordion, writing songs, reading, hanging out, talking with old and new friends, mixing drinks, cooking, baking, hookah, dancing.

  • arts
  • writing
  • singing
  • concerts
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • baking
  • yoga
  • drinking
  • board games
  • reading
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • hiking
  • camping
  • business
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

anything by Wes Anderson, Allen Ginsberg, Pablo Neruda, Jack Kerouac.
Some books I love: The Hobbit, House of Leaves, The Alchemist.
Some other movies: The Count of Monte Cristo, Motorcycle Diaries, film noir, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Music: everything BUT country, Keren Ann, Sondre Lerche, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Marley, Bright Eyes, Norah Jones, Cold War Kids, Death Cab for Cutie, Deerhoof(to name a few...very few)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I loved seeing real monkeys jumping from tree to tree in the jungles of Belize. Some would even follow you through the branches for a little bit!

In Lyon this past Summer my boyfriend and I just happened on an ancient Roman ampitheater. It was the most amazing thing just strolling up a hill and seeing these giant rows of stone seating and trying to visualize what the walls must have looked like thousands of years ago. They even has an irrigation system.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Colombia, France, Jamaica, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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