CURRENT MISSION

to go where i've never been

ABOUT ME

When I am traveling, whether it be to a neighboring town or the other side of the globe, I am home.

PHILOSOPHY

still figuring that out because, as of now, its all borrowed from those before my time

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now, I do my best to spread the word about CS to likeminded people. I also love giving tours of New York City to family and friends and figure I can do the same with people I meet through the CS project.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am a couchsurfer and air-mattress surfer by nature!

Interests

Yoga, food, mountains, oceans and everywhere in between, tea, learning, reading, meeting people, music, international and independent film, coffee, changing seasons, culture, travel (of course), community involvement, family, social work, language, literature, corner bookstores and record shops, adventure, taking pictures

• culture
• literature
• dining
• coffee
• yoga
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• languages
• social work
• tours
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

ooohhhh...there is sooooo much....where do I begin?
Music (to name a few): 80's music, Stevie Wonder, MMW, Beatles, old school Michael Jackson, Flaming Lips, Bloc Party, Soul Coughing, Joy Division,Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Jane's Addiction,reggaeton, Outkast, Grateful Dead, Suzanne Vega, WSP, The Roots, Traffic, Ms. DiFranco, Pixies,sigur ros, Herbie Hancock, Radiohead, Tracey Chapman, Wu Tang Clan,Bela Fleck, Architecture in Helsinki, Aimee Mann, James Brown, Nick Drake, Spoon, Prince, Tribe Called Quest, Zero 7, The Shins

Movies: Donnie Darko, Midnight Madness, Goonies, Willy Wonka, What About Bob, Gattaca, Reality Bites, Something about Mary, Adaptation, City of God, FARGO, Elling, Great Outdoors, Back to School, Life is Beautiful, Amores Perros, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Y Tu mama Tambien, The Station Agent, Harold and Maude, Bottlerocket, The Royal Tenebaums, Vacation, European Vacation, Christmas Vacation, In the Mood for Love, the Triplets of Belleville, Dirty Pretty Things, Love Actually..Anything that is thought provoking, emotionally painful or uncomfortably hilarious

Books: Anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Andrew Weil, John Krakauer, Don Miguel Ruiz, Jack Kerouac, Carl Hiaasen, Laura Esquivel, Paulo Coelho, am trying to get into Russian Literature

Teach, Learn, Share

Language is a biggie for me. Since I love meeting people and love conversation, the more languages I speak the more people I can get to know. Right now I am learning to speak spanish, Latin American Spanish that is. Traveling in Mexico, and having a major language barrier, taught me that sometimes, just being a good-natured, kind-hearted person is enough to make a connection with someone.

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States