I really like living in Boston. The Red Sox, the tiny neighborhood pubs, the fact that it is so easy to walk places - it's home and I think it is a great place.

I also love Cairo. When I was in school I focused my studies on the Middle East, and I spent some time in Egypt and also in Jordan.

For many years I worked for a company that arranges educational travel. Our programs were a lot more structured than showing up in a city and crashing on some stranger's couch, but for kids that have never traveled it's a start.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's a ton of fun to meet people from all over the world and share Boston and Jamaica Plain, the extraordinary city and neighborhood that I call home.

I am also currently working from home, so I have a lot of flexibility as a host, and I can usually accommodate Couchsurfers who would prefer to arrive or depart during the daytime.

Interests

Skiing
Cairo in the wintertime
Boston when it's warm
Road trips
Good beer
Music
The Red Sox
Black coffee
Government and politics

• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• pub crawls
• politics
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• skiing
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

(This is all old... needs to be updated!)

Music: The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (most of them), Hotel Costes (Stephane Pompougnac)

Movies: Thirteen Days, Hotel Rwanda, Silence of the Lambs, Top Gun, Rat Race, My Blue Heaven, The Departed, A Day Without a Mexican

Books: Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
The Cairo Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz)
Unvanquished: A US-UN Saga (Boutros Boutros-Ghali)
Walking the Bible (Bruce Feiler)
The World is Flat (Thomas Friedman)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cairo is beyond words, and the pyramids are only one tiny little piece of it. It is an awesome place.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a pretty good historical and political knowledge of the greater Boston area.
I am a strong alpine skiier, and I don't mind teaching.
I'm pretty good when it comes to hiking, outdoors stuff, etc.
I can cook - or at least I'm comfortable cooking and it usually works out all right.
I used to know a little bit of Arabic and Spanish, but I'm really, really rusty.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My time... if you would like, I'm happy to play tour guide, or just hang out together at home or at a local pub.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, Finland, France, India, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Jordan, United States