CURRENT MISSION

learn languages, musics and food of people everywhere. forge connections, be flexible, live fully. LAUGH and make SOUND!

ABOUT ME

I'm stir-crazy and ready to learn about pretty much anything. I'm always up for creative conversation and am at ease meeting new people. I love music but don't get to play it enough. I have a great office job that's a horrible fit for me. I study yoga. I'm going to the peace corps to teach English in tanzania. Once, somebody snuck me into a building inside of a keyboard case.

PHILOSOPHY

Accept the fool that you are. - T.S. Eliot

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now my housing situation is in flux, so hosting isn't totally in the cards, but I'm trying to get more future couch surf guest dates lined up. I've used it traveling in Colombia and California, and I've hosted in Italy. I first heard about couchsurfing when I met an au pair in germany at a hostel who became my 3-day weekend drinking buddy. Sounded like an awesome idea, so I joined.

Briefly after that, I met an american backpacker stranded in a train station outside of venice because his wallet had been stolen and a ticket taker kicked him off his train for not having a ticket. Almost every train had left for the night, except the one I was getting on. He didn't know how he was going to make it to Venice without any money, and he was kicked off just three cities away. I brought him back to Bologna and he couchsurfed at my place for a week until he could get his banking and citizenship documents all straightened out. He celebrated birthdays, going away parties, and festive dinners with me and my housemates the week he stayed. We're still friends. Awesome introduction to the CS community.

I also host people at my house informally beyond couchsurf all the time, because I am a firm believer in sharing my space with wayfarers. Come one, come all.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met a couchsurfer in Berlin in 2009 who sold me on the project. Couchsurfed in the California Coast in 2012, Colombia in 2013, and looking to add more to the list. I've been around a lot of couchsurfing hosts and guests through the years, and dig the exchange.

Interests

Music!!!
Peace and Justice Studies
Languages
Stand up Comedy/Good story telling/Laughter
Backpacking
Tea and Coffee
History
Travel
Playing games
Spending time with people
Yoga and meditation
Food

• dining
• coffee
• yoga
• meditation
• partying
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• history
• languages
• au-pair

Music, Movies, and Books

music: Erykah Badu, D'angelo, Al Green, Andre 300, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Anthony Hamilton, Little Dragon, Lianne La Havas, Hiatus Kaiyote, Ani DiFranco, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Bill Evans, Fats Domino, Dr. John, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Led Zeppelin, James Blake, Paul Chambers, Frederic Chopin, Joshua Redman, Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong, OutKast, , Gil Evans, Django Reinhardt, Pink Floyd, My morning jacket, Mos Def, Rage Against The Machine, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Bille Holiday, Common, Parliament, Ornette Coleman, Beach Boys(Pet Sounds), Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Sly and the Family Stone, The Meters, MGMT, Art Blakey, Art Pepper, Astor Piazzolla, Vince Guaraldi, Wes Montgomery, The Band, JS Bach, Bartok, Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Beirut, Berlioz, Beyonce, Big Boi, Bilal, Billy Joel, Pharell, Bob Marley, Brahms, Branford Marsalis, Cake, Cee-lo Green, Chet Baker, Chick Corea, Bobby McFerring, The Clash, the Cure, Curtis Mayfield, Damien Rice, Dave Holland, Dave Matthews Band, Dead Kennedys, Debussy, Dizzy Gillespie, Dwele, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, Elton John, Elvin Jones, Floetry, The Gap Band, Gilad Hekselman, Grizzly Bear, Hall & Oates, Holst, Hart, Hella, Herbie Hancock, Incubus, India Arie, Stravinsky, Inoj, J. Dilla, Jaco Pastorius, Jaga Jazzist, Janelle Monae, James Brown, Javelin, Jay Z, Jill Scott, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett, Jimmy Smith, Joao Gilberto, John Coltrange, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Hartman, Keith Jarrett, Knaan, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Lauryn Hill, Lil Wayne, Manny Oquedo, Mano Chao, Mariah Carey, Marcy Playground, Whitney Houston, The Mars Volta, Mary J. Blige, Maxwell, Meg, Michael Jackson, MJQ, Musiq Soulchild, Nat King Cole, Nas, Notorious BIG, Oscar Peterson, The Orion Experience, Pete Rock, Prince, Quantic, Radiohead, Ratatat, Ray Charles, Ravi Shankar, Red Hot Chili peppers, Regina Spektor, The RH Factor, Robert Glasper, The Roots, Roy Hanes, Ruins, Santogold, Shakti, The Shins, Simon & Garfunkel, Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop Dog, Sonny Rollins, Laura Mvula, Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri, Stevie Wonder, Sufjan Steves, Talib Kweli, The Temptations, Terrence Blanchard, Tom Harrell, Tony Bennett, Toto, A Tribe Called Quest, Tune-Yards, Weather Report, Weezer, Wayne Shorter, Wildcookie, Wilco, Wiz Khalifa, Wynton Marsalis, Yellow Ostrich, Yes, Zapp & Roger, 2 pac, Bill Withers

Books: Junot Diaz, Toni Morrison, T.S. Eliot, e.e. cummings, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and many more.

It's been a long while since I've gotten through a lot of TV and movies....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

El Parque Nacional Natural El Cocuy in Colombia. Tallest elevation hike I've ever done, and Ayahuasca.

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy meeting and learning from anyone who can teach, learn, or share things. Things I can share: trying new stuff, stories, conversation, drinks, food, walks/runs/bikerides. I don't love condescension in teaching, but sometimes it just happens...

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States

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