Couch Available: Coffee or a drink Preferred Gender: Any
THE HOUSE/'HOOD: we've just moved! we're in crown heights, my favourite neighbourhood in brooklyn. we had to carry our couch down 7 flights of stairs to move it, so you'd better tell us how comfortable you think it is! in addition, we have lots of blankets and sheets, floor, and a massage table you could sleep on as well. we have laundry facilities in the apartment and a nice kitchen that you're welcome to use (no meat please!). we also have the best shower in brooklyn!
smoking happens outside. we have no pets (except fish). we strive to be morning people, so this probably isn't the place to sleep in. that said, we don't mind if you come in late (it is new york, after all), as long as things are quiet and peaceful at bed-time.
our schedules are erratic. we both work only about 3 days per week, but these are very looooooong days. on our days off, we can probably show you around, and we like to go to the botanic garden on tuesdays (when it's free!). tuesdays, thursdays, and the weekend are our most open times and easiest times to welcome you. :)
there is a small park across the street from us, and we are within walking distance of prospect park, the brooklyn botanic garden, the brooklyn library, the brooklyn museum, trains to the beach, lots of shops and cheap restaurants. our neighbourhood is largely caribbean, so there is lots of awesome food closeby, including vegan/i-tal food! we ask that guests be quiet and respectful of our neighbours in this very residential area. please be aware that this part of brooklyn is in the process of rapid gentrification; we are clearly a part of it but strive to lessen our impact by building community and positive relations with everyone in our vicinity.
learn about crown heights:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Heights,_Brooklyn
TRANSIT: we're 5 blocks north of the Kingston Ave. stop on the 3 and 4 trains (red & green)...and 5 blocks south of the Kingston/Throop Ave. stop on the C train (blue). bus B43 is right outside our door.
ACCESSIBILITY: unfortunately our home is not wheelchair accessible. there are about 10 steps up to the front door. once inside, everything is on one level, and most rooms are fairly spacious, including the bathroom. the shower is enormous and so easy to get in and out of (you'll see.)
Sian Wu 27, Female Seattle, Washington United States Friends since September 1986 "I think we met informally in first grade, but officially became friends over a mutual hate of basketball in 7th grade gym class." Friendship Type: Best Friend 44
Adam Chasen 27, Male Brooklyn, New York United States Friends since September 1993 "Tim and I are brothers." Friendship Type: Best Friend 101010
Hugh Ryan 33, Male New Orleans, Louisiana United States Friends since April 2009 "queer double dutch anarchy" Friendship Type: Close Friend 6
Wesley Harmer 27, Male Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Friends since January 2007 "We have shared some rather fun times together. WE double dutch together.... and YES I taught him ALL he knows." Friendship Type: Close Friend
Jen Whelan 31, Female Barcelona, Catalonia Spain Friends since May 2008 "Timothy was one of the most lovely houseguests I've ever had the pleasure of meeting." Friendship Type: Friend
Nichali and Kelly 30, Several people Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States Friends since July 2008 "met through a mutual friend and then he stayed with us." Friendship Type: Good Friend 16
Davis Mckenzie 34, Male Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Friends since June 2007 "I met Timothy through my partner Crystal" Friendship Type: Good Friend
N. Lombardo 31, Female Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires City Argentina Friends since June 2008 "on a couch surfing event... free hugs in barcelona!" Friendship Type: Close Friend
Chacha Enriquez 25, Male Montreal, Quebec Canada Friends since March 2009 "at the first Radical Queer Semaine in Montreal" Friendship Type: Good Friend 510
Mariah Helfrich 28, Female Brooklyn, New York United States Friends since January 2007 "Timothy lived with my bestie and organizes with my partner" Friendship Type: Good Friend
i get along with almost anybody. we're probably friends already, we just haven't realised it yet. i'm vegan, and i LOVE food. i'm skilled in the kitchen and am always willing to cook for others...just ask! i smile and laugh lots, even though i'm not really smiling in my pictures...don't let it fool you :)
i really care about the world and all the animate and inanimate things that fill it. in short, i give a shit.
i like new york (but my love is reserved only for brooklyn) and am most likely up for exploring a bit, though don't be offended if i don't choose to go see the statue of liberty with you ;) i like biking around, double-dutching in the park, doing arts & crafts, chatting, laughing, being stupid, being smart, drinking teas, and listening to records. i take west african dance classes sometimes, and you'd be welcome to join me! i don't really go out at night much, but like to do things during the day.
i live with my boyfriend, joshua, who doesn't have a cs profile but likes hosting guests too. neither of us drink, but we don't mind if you do.
How I Participate in CS
i hosted surfers for about a year and had amazing experiences with each of them. been surfing myself now for about a year as well. i also try to organise little get-togethers for skipping rope or "crafternoon"
CouchSurfing Experience
SURFING: ok, so i've surfed in montreal, london, several places around ireland and wales, spain, india, bangladesh, finland...each has been an absolutely amazing experience. there are brilliant people out there everywhere. so rad.
outside of CS, i've also been welcomed into strangers' homes all over the u.s., canada, ireland, england, china, korea and into friends' homes in many other places as well. i have had amazing luck. hope i can spread it around
HOSTING: i hosted a bunch in vancouver, and i always had an absolutely fantastic time whenever anyone showed up at my door. always a gong show. have hosted in new york a bunch now as well.... our house is used to guests.
Interests
languages, west african dance, playing piano and ukulele, health (whether or not i set the example), herbal medicine, acupuncture, yoga, dancing, being a smart-ass, dynamic meditation (osho style) hitch-hiking, arts & crafts, laughing, cooking, EATING, music making and listening, exploring the city on bike, laughing, writing, late night adventures, zines, the defense and preservation of minority/endangered languages, sewing, knitting, making things, skipping double dutch, diy, lateral thinking games, surprising people, the hindu pantheon, learning about surgery
Philosophy
everything will work out perfectly well
Music, Movies, Books
movies: bollywood stuff (i have a huge wealth of knowledge about bollywood...er, if you can call it "knowledge"), 13 conversations about one thing, happy endings, go, farewell my concubine, wong kar-wai stuff, koyaanisqatsi, ghost world, le fabuleux destin d'amélie poulain, miyao hayazaki stuff, la montaña sagrada, orfeu negro, crooklyn
books: we are the new romantics, sna fir, alice in wonderland
music: i had a huge list up here and it was just getting too long. in short: i like to go to punk shows, i sing motown at karaoke, i dance to salsa, and i'm really really getting into and loving jazz lately (coltrane & brad mehldau this week)
Types of People I enjoy
laughers, lovers, smart-asses, people who are not too serious though still of substance, dancers, hitch-hikers, homos, late-night adventurers, people who like dive bars, visual thinkers, any thinkers, vegans, world-changers, idealists, corporation shoplifters, artists, multilinguals, train hoppers, bin raiders, crafters, creators
Teach, Learn, Share
i can teach you: a whack-load of languages, how to jump double-dutch, the uses of all the crazy herbs and dried animals in chinatown, how to make a mean stir-fry and awesome soup, vegan cakes and my specialty vegan soda bread, how to make friendship bracelets, how to play pop songs on the piano and/or ukulele
i would love to learn: any language you speak (lately i'm working on hebrew), how to knit/crochet better, origami, crafts, card games, recipes, facts about birds, bike repair, basic auto-mechanics, and electronic repair.
i can share: acupuncture treatments, tarot readings, palm readings, tonnes of music, reiki, vegan cooking, ridiculous travel/adventure stories, games, i can feng-shui your home
One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done
walked 15km barefoot around the base of a shiva-phallus-mountain with thousands of others underneath the most amazing full moon i've ever seen at tiruvanamalai, india.
Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project
CS is a model for how the whole world should interact.
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I had a great time in timohy's community house. He is a genius ...look at his languages profile:)! Openhearted and openminded! Hope we see again!
From David Koch Poughkeepsie, United States Jul 24, 2010
Positive
what a wonderful place with wonderful people - I felt really welcomed be timothy and his housemates - we had some fun, food and interesting conversations - greetings to patrice, rebecca and the other girls...
Staying at Feygele farm with Timothy and all the others was totally awesome. They are warm, loving and welcoming people. I had so much fun and would love to meet them all again.
Feygele Farm is an awesome collective of sincere people, filled with laughter and vivacity. I enjoyed Bollywood night, good conversations, a bike ride through Brooklyn, and a visit to the Third Root healing centre. Timothy is an all-star host and genuine couch surfer. Thank you.
Tim is a lovely little guy with a big beard. Still ready to have fun on a kitch music, he cares a lot about all the people around him and so welcoming.
Meeting him can just be pleasant for you !
From Jayce Johnson Hartford, United States Jun 9, 2010
Positive
My stay with Tim was a comfortable and exciting one! Tim is totally down to earth, passionate, and practically omniscient. Though I didn't see much of him, he was completely charming and accommodating (even letting us stay an extra night.)
What an interesting young man. Wish I could have spent more time getting to know him but all of us were very busy. His home, couch and parking place were very appreciated! I hope to visit with him again some time. Love to have him come to California sometime and try my couch.
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