January, 2014 - C'est Christine

Postcard from Caribe Playa

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January 16, 2014

All I wanted for Christmas was a real good tan, and thanks to Caribe Playa, I got one! When I booked a flight to Puerto Rico on an impulse (namely, I was feeling sad and then I spotted a cheap round-trip on JetBlue), it was mostly because my parents...

The notion of honesty, on and offline

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January 13, 2014

At a dinner party the other night, I blushed when my boyfriend and a close friend discussed a blog post that I'd written. It was a strange collision of two separate worlds, the intersection between the life that I live every day and the ways that I...

Postcard from San Juan

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January 9, 2014

San Juan is an interesting place: as an American territory, it's one of our country's oldest capital cities. Despite being able to use American dollars and popular chain stores dotting the boulevards, there are roosters crowing in backyards, salsa...

The best of Puerto Rico, via Instagram

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January 6, 2014

One of my favorite quotes is one by Ralph Waldo Emerson: live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. And that's exactly what we did in Puerto Rico. It was a week of sunshine and salt water, hammocks and relaxation. I caught up on sleep,...

2014: what I’m going to do more of

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January 2, 2014

2014! I'm excited for this year, and I'm pretty happy with how things are: I've got the best people around me, a delightfully cozy home, the opportunity to live in New York City, plenty of frequent flier miles saved up. I already floss regularly and...

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C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.

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Postcard from Caribe Playa

The notion of honesty, on and offline

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