I have been a host since purchasing my grandparent's cabin on Lake Superior in Lutsen, MN in 2009. I grew up in the Twin Cities, received a bachelor's degree at the University of Minnesota and a master's degree at UCLA. I met my wife in San Diego, and in 2019 we visited my aunt and my cousins who have lived in Sarasota for decades. They all recommended Sarasota as the best city in Florida - and we agreed. We fell in love with Venice Island, on the south end of Sarasota County, because it reminded us a of California, with all the benefits of Florida like warm weather, biking, boating, and family. We currently live on the St. Croix River in Wisconsin, just outside St. Paul, MN.