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August 2014

Postcard from Elizabeth Street Garden

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August 14, 2014
I grew up surrounded by greenery and open space. Our backyard featured a pool, a tiny vegetable garden and about a million flowers and bordered a wildlife reserve. A few blocks south, there is a tree-lined park with a playground, soccer fields, a...
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The key to confidence: take action

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August 13, 2014
Yesterday on my Facebook page, I posted: Today I taught my first real yoga class: one hour of teaching strangers how to stretch their bodies and calm their mind in exchange for money(!). Last week, I had a meltdown while trying to teach my boyfriend...
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Of the moment // 8.8.14

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August 8, 2014
One of the reasons why I blog is simply to have the space to write: getting things “on paper” helps me to process my feelings and organize my thoughts. I also love having a record of my life over the past few years: a place that holds all of my...
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Postcard from Istanbul

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August 7, 2014
Istanbul is an easy city to photograph: straddling the East and the West, it's delightfully exotic while remaining somewhat familiar and accessible. It's a colorful  city: the blues and golds of mosques and minarets dotting the skyline, the primary...
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The key to confidence: think less

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August 6, 2014
Here's the thing: I choose joy about 80% of the time (hey yo 80-20 rule!). The other 20% of the time, I let myself go into a seemingly-endless loop of personal negativity: there's not enough money in the bank, I'm not successful enough in marketing,...
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Christine Amorose Merrill

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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