People
I love meeting people. I’m curious, you’re intriguing.
Endorphins
I founded and ran the gender-balanced Coffee Cake Cycling Club before getting into running. As one of those 5-a.m.-people, I’ve an early-morning running group, Run! Zombies!, and sometimes join the city’s many various social and acoustic running groups. For mental and physical flexibility I’ve experiences and exercise at Serratus and Zurich’s free gyms.
Contemporary culture
Different ways of thinking excite me. Art must provoke emotion — even discomfort. I enjoy works that challenge and incite reflection. Interning for Austria’s foremost contemporary ensemble, Klangforum Wien, introduced me to modern music and the breathtakingly intense pianist Marino Formenti. I was fortunate to live for while with dancers, who exposed me to Philippe Saire, Wayne McGregor and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
Arthouse Cinema
I live among Zurich’s best cinemas: Kino Xenix, Riffraff, and Houdini. Fabulous screenings, no intervals, & you can take drinks in the auditorium. (Merci Meili!)
Taste
Work as plongeur in the kitchen of a private members’ club gave me a better appreciation of food, and the intensity (and humour) of professional kitchens. And if you like eating, well then you gotta like cooking too. I’m a regional ambassador for molecular-gastronomic database FoodPairing.
So, now you know more about me. Your turn: where do you suggest we meet next?