GRANDVIZIER

Current Mission: experience it all

Personal Designations

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Community Designations

United States
California
Alameda

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General Information

GRANDVIZIER has been vouched for
VERIFIED MEMBER Identity Checked, Location Verified (3) more info
Couch available	Maybe
CouchSurf requests replied to	100%
member since	October 10th, 2006
profile views	7,333
age	34
gender	Male
membername	GRANDVIZIER
occupation	computer stuff
education	can't stop learning
grew up in	somewhere
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Languages

English (United States)^Expert
Swedish^Intermediate
Japanese^Beginner
Thai^Beginner
French^Beginner

Groups I Belong To

Portland^7535:24867 Why: taking a trip that way	San Francisco Bay Area^24617:21510 Why: I'll be moving here in October
Travel Tips^4345:2392 Why: its an obvious group to join for any CSer	Hitchhikers^25429:30528 Why: it's almost as good as CouchSurfing
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Couch Information

Couch Available: Maybe
Preferred Gender: Any
Smoking allowed
Has children: No
Can host children: Yes
Has pets: Yes
Can host pets: No
Max Surfers Per Night: 3

Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: No

We have a one bedroom apartment, which leaves the living room open to CouchSurfers. Your sleeping options consist of a couch, a love-seat, a queen-sized air mattress, or carpeting if you prefer the floor. There's plenty of extra towels and blankets, so no need to bring your own.

I live with my girlfriend and her dog Sophie. We live in Alameda, a little island off Oakland.

As far as public transportation goes, it's not very good. There is a bus that runs by our apartment, so it is possible to get around, it just takes a long time. If you want to spend the majority of your time in San Francisco and don't have a car, Alameda is not ideal.

Sophie the dog is adorable and loves people, and will demand lots of petting once she gets to know you. It's also likely that you'll wake up to her investigating you when we take her out to pee in the morning.

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Friends (267)

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Kristen Knurek 27, Female Palmer, Massachusetts United States Friends since March 1985 "He's my older, and in some ways wiser, brother" Friendship Type: Best Friend ³⁰⁺	SHE LA LA 34, Female Northampton, Massachusetts United States Friends since January 1996 "we have lots of history...i think we first met at a mutual friends party and then again at college" Friendship Type: Close Friend ³⁰⁺ ³⁰⁺ ³⁰⁺
Galia Aharoni 27, Female Alameda, California United States Friends since October 2010 "just couldn't stop talking to him at a Tipsy Tuesday in SD..." Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for GRANDVIZIER ³⁰⁺ ³⁰⁺ ³⁰⁺	PINKFISH 38, Female Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Netherlands Friends since December 2007 "We connected in Thailand, In the lower 48, and now in Alaska" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for GRANDVIZIER ³⁰⁺ ³⁰⁺ ¹⁴
Jane Lyons 102, Female Sydney, New South Wales Australia Friends since September 2008 "At various shindigs" Friendship Type: Good Friend	Camtastic 36, Male San Francisco, California United States Friends since January 2008 "We met in Thailand and were all like.."what's up, yo?"" Friendship Type: Close Friend ³⁰⁺
Malika Sellami 32, Female Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada Friends since January 2010 "Hike in San Diego and Mexico couchsurfing!" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend I vouched for GRANDVIZIER ³	Daniel Bennett 31, Male Hyannis, Massachusetts United States Friends since March 2005 "We worked at a startup together, and ran into each other at shows" Friendship Type: Friend
Misaki Takano 32, Female Tokyo, Tokyo Japan Friends since September 2009 "We traveled together in Nagano, Nigata" Friendship Type: Friend ⁴	Amr Assaid 31, Male Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands Friends since September 2011 "Jeff stayed over at our place in the Netherlands" Friendship Type: Friend ⁴
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Personal Description

I'm from everywhere; a true citizen of the world.

I've been described as aloof (and based on the How To instructions, I'd say its an apt description). Other characteristics that define me are my perpetual smile, ability to do the unexpected, and knack for story-telling. As much as I enjoy being social and meeting new people, I equally prefer to sit in the corner and watch the world go by.

How I Participate in CS

in addition to actively living the CouchSurfing life, I'm also a former member of the CS Tech Team

Interests

yes, i am interested

Music, Movies, Books

music: just about everything (with a strong preference towards mellow rock/electronic)
a few of the bands that really move my soul: Built To Spill, Pink Floyd, Mew, Blonde Redhead, Jimi Hendrix, Jurassic 5, Air, Sigur Ros, Mars Volta, Amadou & Mariam, Cat Power, the Knife, Yeah Yeah Yeahs...
movies: there once was a point where I thought there was no such thing as a bad movie (now I just keep my expectations low) - I'll list 3 of my favorite writer/directors in no particular order: Charlie Kaufman, Stanley Kubrick, the Coen Brothers, and Wes Anderson (oh, that was 4);
books: humurous fiction (ie Tom Robbins, Douglas Adams, Jasper Fforde, Christopher Moore, etc) and non-fiction sci-fi (Ray Kurzweil, Joel Garreau, ...)

One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done

...everyday in this world is an amazing thing....
some of the things I'm most proud of doing: dog sledding, seeing the Aurora Borealis, hanging from hooks, learning to ride a motorcycle, skiing/hiking some beautiful mountains, hitch-hiking (always an amazing experience), driving a Formula 1 racecar, playing in the night ocean with dinoflagellates (the bioluminescent algae)

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland
LIVED: Australia, Ireland (Republic of), Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, Thailand, United States
IS GOING TO: Turkey

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References (154)

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From Danny Ricciotti
San Francisco, United States
^{Apr 9}

Positive

Jeff rocks!

From Amr Assaid
Amsterdam, Netherlands
^{Mar 28}

Positive

Jeff is a great guy. He's laid back, insightful and witty. I had great heart to heart conversations with him, and really enjoyed his company like a brother. It was absolutely wonderful to find such an accidental friend through a chain reaction of couchsurfing events.

From Enda Gallery
Limerick, Ireland (Republic of)
^{Feb 23}

Positive

Great guy. Great company. Good craic!

From Sean Conrad
San Francisco, United States
^{Jan 27}

Positive

i've never hosted or stayed with jeff, but as part of the dozens of meals we've shared i know his spirit to be adventurous, his mind to be open, and his actions to always come from a good place!

From Debz B
Edinburgh, Scotland
^{Nov 13, 2011}

Positive

Jeff was a pleasure to host. He rocked up and met me at a fellow CSers house with a couple of bottles of wine and I dragged him to another place shortly after. He got along well with everyone I introduced him too. As Jeff mentioned, it felt like I had known him for years. He is a really easy going guy, generally happy-go-lucky and up for just about everything (including playing a kazoo). Twas a pleasure!

From Fabio Gutiérrez
Tlalnepantla, Mexico
^{Sep 4, 2011}

Positive

Jeff is a real chill nice guy who's really nice to hang out with and also to speak to. Nice meeting you man.

From Ruta Danyte
Dublin, Ireland (Republic of)
^{Aug 30, 2011}

Positive

Jeff, the one who is from everywhere. And I believe he is :) The greatest ''flip-flop'er'' I know.. :) Met him in Street Performers Championship & Wallie day and after that it turned into a friendship, hanging out in town on weekends. I'm so glad I met Jeff, as he seems to be an absolutely free spirit, enjoying life and always on the road:) See you soon, Jeff, I hope so :)

From Katerina Soldatova
Dublin, Ireland (Republic of)
^{Aug 30, 2011}

Positive

I met Jeff once on CS meeting and started to chat with him about his amazing journeys all over the world - fantastic, could talk with him for an ages=)) And now he is moving again=(
Hopefully you will have another great experience=)
Take care

From Colleen Sollars
San Francisco, United States
^{Aug 10, 2011}

Positive

Jeff, like many of my CS family, is one of the more unique people on the earth. The things I know about Jeff: he follows through on plans; when I mention that he should stop by and say hi, he does; he is not one to agree with something for the sake of being agreeable; he is really fun and laid back; he does not reveal anything unnecessary; our conversations always leave me feeling like I learned something. I am so psyched that Jeff is moving to SF soon!

From Milos Jirman
Dublin, Ireland (Republic of)
^{Jul 19, 2011}

Positive

Jeff helped me a lot during organising my first event because he has lot of experience with CS and is excelent driver. If you meet him you can come across lot of interresting stories that he managed during his travelling arround the whole world.

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