CURRENT MISSION

See the world! Discover

ABOUT ME

Currently living in Philadelphia. I love to get out of the city, but it'll always have a little spot reserved for it in the back of my heart. I love meeting new people and picking their brains. I work in restaurants, and tinker on bikes and things, and try to get my daily intake of media through books, movies etc. when I can, but when I'm not working I'd be happy to show visitors around, to some of my favorite parts of the Philly, or at least provide a couch.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Providing you with my couch, hospitality and possibly company. Staying on your couch some day.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Good

Interests

Good food and drinks with friends, finding new places, beaches, cities, woods, history, bicycles, graphic design, applied design in general but especially furniture, architecture, art, loud music, coffee. I can really get going about almost anything.

• arts
• books
• literature
• architecture
• design
• graphic design
• dining
• coffee
• running
• drinking
• movies
• music
• communications
• history
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I have kinda eclectic taste.Sooo heres a taste of my taste in...
MOVIES: Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Triplets of Belleville, Chinatown, No Country for Old Men, The Big Sleep, Holy Mountain, Lord of the Rings, Oldboy, The Man Who Knew Too Little, Brazil, Beetlejuice, Princess Bride, James and the Giant Peach, Prison on Fire, Un Prophète, The Usual Suspects, Half Baked, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Shawshank Redemption, Resurrect Dead, Exit Through the Gift Shop, The Life of Brian, O' Brother Where Art Thou, The Matrix, Fargo, Yojimbo, Groundhog Day, Rushmore....

MUSIC: De La Soul, J-Dilla, Antibalas, Skatalites, Diplo, Buena Vista Social Club, The Clash, The Minutemen, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Wu-Tang Clan, Common, Daft Punk, Fela Kuti and the Africa 70, Outkast, Big L, Organized Konfusion, The Sylvers, The Roots, Gorillaz, James Brown, Del the Funky Homosapien, Galt McDermot, Ray Charles, Rolling Stones....

BOOKS:
Shogun, Shantaram, Slaughterhouse 5, Cat's Cradle, Conflict of Visions, Lies My Teacher Told Me, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Clockwork Orange, Dune, Martian Chronicles, Oryx and Crake, Brave New World, Fight Club, City of Glass, Preacher, 36 Lessons in Self Destruction,...

Always looking to find out about some new shit though!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

running back down mt washington. napping on the terraces outside of the sun gate on machu picchu. mud pond portage on the allagash river.

Teach, Learn, Share

Anyone who I've had the pleasure to meet has hopefully walked away with a few extra tidbits of random knowledge that they didn't show up with. Aside from experiencing new things firsthand, expanding your knowledge of the world -of today (and really that includes a lot; people, cultural traditions, physical landscapes etc) and of the past too- is one the greatest joys in my life. Some areas of particular interest to me are history, literature and film, food!, bicycles, anything to do with aesthetics (art, architecture, industrial design) and humans.

What I Can Share with Hosts

a delicious (your-)home-cooked meal

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, Peru, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States