Always up for an unplanned adventure. I prefer the bright side of any situation... except for coffee, which I prefer dark.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've done a good amount of both surfing and hosting -- hoping to do more of both soon.

Interests

Food, photography, music, biking, wine, whiskey, urban design, exploring, dancing, books, technology, architecture, meeting new people, long conversations, crossword puzzles.

2 quotes I like:

"To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance."
-John Ruskin

"You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form."
-Francis Ford Coppola

• books
• architecture
• design
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• technology
• puzzles
• music
• cycling
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: so much! Some favorites: alt-J, Flying Lotus, St. Vincent, Janelle Monae, Sufjan Stevens, Frank Ocean, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Devotchka, Yeasayer, The Strokes, Lykke Li, Run the Jewels, TV on the Radio, the Weeknd, Xenia Rubinos, Tune-Yards, Amy Winehouse, Outkast, Philip Glass, Kendrick Lamar, David Bowie, Balkan Beat Box, LCD Soundsystem, Stravinsky, Beirut, Broken Bells. I also love jazz: Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Django Reinhardt, Anat Cohen, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus...

Movies: anything Almodovar, Life of Brian, City of God, Coffee and Cigarettes, In Bruges, Do the Right Thing, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, Magnolia, The Master, High Fidelity, Bill Cunningham New York, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Being John Malkovich, Pan's Labyrinth, Wadjda, Lost in Translation, Dog Day Afternoon, Donnie Darko, Nebraska, Waste Land, Detropia, A Separation, Fight Club, lots more.

Authors: Joan Didion, Vladimir Nabokov, David Foster Wallace, Virginia Woolf, EB White, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Truman Capote, Oscar Wilde, JD Salinger, Simone de Beauvoir

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Exploring ancient ruins by moonlight in Turkey.

Streaking in the Jordanian desert at midnight.

Late-night conversations in Lisbon, Budapest, Chicago, New York, Sarajevo, England, and many other places, over a glass of wine, a pint of beer, or endless cups of tea.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Jordan, United Kingdom, United States

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