tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301566913551114315.post1633953135361574198..comments2016-07-21T23:09:05.102+08:00Comments on nutty bean: Quintessential of couchsurfing - in NY with RobAlternative Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05736973978704108661noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301566913551114315.post-14303872269893933312013-04-21T11:26:27.499+08:002013-04-21T11:26:27.499+08:00Hello C Kirk, welcome to nuttybean. It is wonderfu...Hello C Kirk, welcome to nuttybean. It is wonderful to see you on our page. Yes we had a great time with Rob, as well checking iconic places and sights of New York - Times Square and also the Natural History Museum by the the Central Park. <br /><br />As for Couchsurfing, we started as host way back in 2008, and our first guests, two young men from Belgium, had then already been couchsurfing a couple of years earlier with extremely positive references by both their couchsurfer hosts and especially so by their couchsufer guests; and they also have a well self written informative profiles. And your gut feeling said, good men here. Later, as get to know more of couchsurfing, and have the community support, we open our house to more new surfers but always with the knowledge of other families member or other local couchsurfers. When we started traveling and being a guests ourselves; I only request to couch with someone who already has many references and always positive, preferably a family. Or request a couch with someone we have already met or surfers who have already stayed with us. That must be our rule no one. Our number two rule is always to let other people know who is/staying with us or who we going to stay with, including their full name, phone number, email contact and addresses. Rule 3: always have a back up - meaning you know where to go should your couch did not materialized. It also mean you have enough fund to cover emergencies. <br /><br />Others, more adventurers may relax their rules, but being female and traveling with a young child (we first couchsurfed in 2009, and my son was only 9 years old then), we kept to our rules religiously. Many recommendate to beginners is to get in touch with their local couchsurfers community, and find opportunity to met them. Still it is not the requirement though. We only joined our local couchsurfing community much later. My own advice is start slow. Take your time and see if couchsurfing is your thing. <br /><br />Wish you the best C. Alternative Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736973978704108661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301566913551114315.post-35638354816402282782013-04-21T09:11:51.339+08:002013-04-21T09:11:51.339+08:00Couchsurfing sounds very interesting. How do you g...Couchsurfing sounds very interesting. How do you get into it (safely)?? New York is so much fun! Sounds like you and your son had a nice time with a nice host. <br /><br />Chontali Kirk<br /><a href="http://www.chontalikirk.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">chontalikirk.blogspot.com</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09530419329233270590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301566913551114315.post-85031083525299802682013-04-21T08:12:10.973+08:002013-04-21T08:12:10.973+08:00Hi Jarm, thank you so much for coming our way. Hom...Hi Jarm, thank you so much for coming our way. Home educating kids can be very challenging when we run out of activity ... but on the road, rain or shine can always be exciting. New York rain, on those days of our visit luckily was not pouring all the time. So we still managed to walk everywhere.Alternative Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736973978704108661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301566913551114315.post-68019102042521516902013-04-21T08:07:54.680+08:002013-04-21T08:07:54.680+08:00Rob said, just put out a mixture of flour and wate...Rob said, just put out a mixture of flour and water in the room ... for weeks, until the good bugs takes over from the bad smelly bugs, then it needs to be kept in the fridge. After that just a matter of keeping the good bugs happy - keep feeding more flour. But you also have to keep throwing away some of it unless you are baking everyday or we can end up with big amount of starter. This way of making sourdough starter will make our bread unique, because the bugs are different from places to places. I have yet to try this method. Wonder how Malaysian bugs taste like ;)Alternative Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736973978704108661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301566913551114315.post-72933352473824355432013-04-21T08:00:23.900+08:002013-04-21T08:00:23.900+08:00It rained on the day we arrived, and good sunshine...It rained on the day we arrived, and good sunshine the next day with a little rain. And rained again the following day. But yes, we still had great time in New York. Alternative Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736973978704108661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301566913551114315.post-50482057031521601062013-04-19T23:53:17.278+08:002013-04-19T23:53:17.278+08:00We have something in common: we home educate our c...We have something in common: we home educate our children, and the last time our family visited NYC, it rained for three days! Happy A to Z!<br /><br /><a href="http://4ambassadorsofchrist.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">MakingtheWriteConnections</a>Jarm Del Bocciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734893974122730211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301566913551114315.post-40375977242343640212013-04-19T20:35:49.929+08:002013-04-19T20:35:49.929+08:00i have never made that kind of bread--but love it-...i have never made that kind of bread--but love it--does sound like a super host and trip--even with the rain :)Lynn Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349867270815243053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301566913551114315.post-67647648273706694982013-04-19T18:51:13.745+08:002013-04-19T18:51:13.745+08:00Rob sounds like a wonderful host. I'm glad you...Rob sounds like a wonderful host. I'm glad you had a good time in NY, but it looks like it rained a bit while you were there. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11622191037152999869noreply@blogger.com