I am a Corporate Paralegal specializing in American Securities Law by day & a wild and out biker by night. I’m an oenophile. I’m a member of Unitarian Universalist Amarillo Fellowship, Don Harrington Discovery Center, Amarillo Botanical Gardens, and Wildcat Bluff Nature Conservancy. I am an election judge for Potter County, Texas. Bed and breakfast was my side hustle for many years; I spent a decade in hotel/restaurant industry during college. My motto is la vie bohème.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’m on couchsurfing because CS community is beneficent force in the universe.

Interests

• literature
• tattoos
• dancing
• wine
• motorcycles
• movies
• hiking
• backgammon
• national parks
• bicycling
• culinary
• poetry slam
• yoga and meditation
• cribbage
• dominoes

Music, Movies, and Books

John Prine, David Gans, Pink Floyd, Brahms, Bheetoven, Kris Kristofferson (Highwaymen), Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin (Big Brother and the Holding Company), Jackson Five, Weezer, Michael Jackson, Juicy J, Karyn Ann, Atmosphere, Cat Stevens/ Dogma, Stanley Kubrick, Werner Herzog, Broken Lizard, Wes Anderson, American Beauty, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Monte Python/Brett Easton Ellis, Sci-Fi literature (Jack Vance), Lewis Carroll, Philosophy (Nietzsche, Socrates, Foucault), John Grisham, William S Boroughs, Cormac McCarthy, Leonard Cohen/ Comedians: Mike Berbiglia, George Carlin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cliff dove in Maui

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach drink mixology, hospitality [industry], & financial services industry. I learn about most anything; I try to be a renaissance man. Also, different cultures-languages-geography. I share my home, culinary creations, libations, literary collection, & travel stories.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Egalitarian attitude, epic adventure stories, culinary creations, ample libations, a Texas size personality.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States