Category Archives: CouchSurfing

and on the flipside…

As many of you are probably aware, my living situation can be considered different and, to many, “interesting”. My favorite Chinese proverb (ok, the ONLY Chinese proverb that I know) is “may your life always be interesting.” Of course, this … Continue reading

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Just another workday

Some of the employees of Digg in SF telecommute on Fridays and this week we invited them to do it at CouchSurfing’s “digs” in Berkeley. Thanks for stopping by! Come back any time, guys!

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my backyard

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20 miles?!

Last weekend the four of us housemates (Casey, Jelena, Weston and me) were invited to Yosemite. A CouchSurfer that works there wanted to show us around before her summer job was over. We had a blast! Katrina (the CSer) first … Continue reading

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Why I do it

I’ve been involved with CouchSurfing.com for several years now. The first two years were spent mostly as a traveler on the far side of the user end of the experience, which was awesome. This last year and half I’ve gotten … Continue reading

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Surfing the “Times” and rediscovering “home”

The New York Times called me last week to talk about sleeping on people’s couches. Can anyone say slow news day? Actually, they did a pretty good job covering an angle that’s rarely usually explored in their article Surfing the … Continue reading

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One couch at a time…

Check out this awesome YouTube video about CSing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKucyIttRB8 It’s a very appropriate angle for our world today. It’s only a few minutes long so check it out if you have a minute.

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An average day

Friday, August 11 9:00a – wake up, scrounge breakfast (the night before didn’t end until around 3am, as every night in this house feels like Saturday night) 9:30a – begin answering long, long (and always growing) list of CouchSurfing members’ … Continue reading

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Where I’m Sleeping – USA

Wanna know what kind of digs I end up sleeping on? Here are 36 of the “couches” i’ve woken up on over the last 3.5 months.

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Now I can surf my OWN couch!

I got a couch! Last week when I asked for someone to donate a spare couch I not only got exactly the couch I wanted but another one, too! Thanks to Red and Silent Rob in New Jersey for not … Continue reading

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