Easy going, love having a good laugh, can't ever seem to dance enough, live for adventure and expanding my world, experiencing new tastes, cultures. I completed an eight month cross county bicycle trip and back packed a month in southern Mexico. Part of the biking trip was spent going down Pacific Coast Hwy which is breath taking. I've lived a great adventure of a life in the French Alps designing for Salomon, a year of school in Spain, worked in NYC for Julia Dreyfus' father Louis (from Seinfeld), volunteered with AmeriCorps in Las Vegas for the Nevada Conservation Corps doing desert conservation work while camping and couchsurfing for six months, and most recently was a storm chaser around El Paso, TX and NM. Many great people and memories.

I love to smile for "no reason" and laugh out loud at fond memories that pass through my head. Often, you can find me dancing in the discos until the break of dawn. Most of all, I love to travel and meet new people, invite them to BBQ with friends and family

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

*READ IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A COUCH
by offering a couch and a full load of enthusiasm to welcome all. Really I owe a lot to this website from when I joined in 2007 and meet my best friends in life. I get a lot of requests being Seattle is an expensive place, and if you can not take the time to read a profile for a "free place to crash" then I don't feel bad at all for declining with no response. CS use to be full of wonderful requests and now it must come to this. I try to help out as much as possible and go out of my way, but not for a copy paster who has nothing personalized in his/her message and I have to ask a lot of details about your stay because you didn't provide them. In your request, state why you want to stay with me specifically, if you are intending to be completely independent or want to hang out and also put this in your subject line of couch request: "Capiche!"

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have only meet the kindest people. Hosting potlucks every week in Cincy for four years where we were about to have 40 people attend on average. Such a happy Monday night for years!

Interests

cycling, all styles of dance, good design, chocolate, piano, hiking, rowing, triathlons, sports nutrition, baking deserts, Thai food, volunteering, being crafty, marveling at the ocean, horticulture, self growth and awareness, psychology, other cultures, learning about things I don't really comprehend

• design
• beauty
• dancing
• waltz
• swing dancing
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• bbq
• baking
• coach
• traveling
• investing
• piano
• drums
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• sports
• rowing
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Bluegrass, salsa, world music, Malian music, Yann Tiersen, all Motown grooves (get on up!), trance, EDM, Jamiroqui, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Louis Attack, Noir Desir, Jare de Palo

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, City of God, Almodovar films, Goodbye Lenin, Javier Bardem, Pulp Fiction,

Mechanics of running, biking, swimming; sports nutrition; Dale Carneige; Edward Abbey; Robert Cormier; Transcendentalism, Start With Why, Power of Habits, Tony Robbins, Simon Sinek

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Two bike tours across the States with a didgeridoo.
Went to Tijuana and was skinny dipping while my cloths and passport got stolen.
Spent Thanksgiving with a pound of Sara Lee honey roasted turkey and Mister Jack Daniels on the streets in Vegas.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach/Share:
-Cooking with spices
-How to make vegetables task amazing
-French/Spanish cooking/language
-Playing piano
-Bike racing tactics/nutrition
-Salsa/ contra/waltz/swing dancing
-Body alignment for a healthy spine
-Stretches for muscle tightness/flexibility
-Real estate investing
-How to get along with others, motivation, life coach skills

Learn: Whatever you're able to share!
My current studies are learning about the tech world, working remotely and developing sales skills to speak to tech companies.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Smiles, laughs, and all the above Teach/Share

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Swaziland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Spain, United States

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