You guys! It has been a while. Since I have some spare free time these days, I figured I might as well do a little blogging. Despite not having *to work* the past couple of weeks, the days have been flying by and I've been keeping busy: a lot of...
It's hard to think back to the beginning of this year and recognize all of the grand plans I had (I thought my biggest problem would be...too much travel): my birthday in Greece, a family vacation in Jackson Hole, a wedding in Kauai, an adventure to...
I'm not sure how to start this other than: HOLY COW THE WORLD IS INSANE. It feels like we're living at the beginning of a Margaret Atwood novel, and who the heck knows where this is going to go. I'm feeling very lucky to have my health, my job, my...
When I started my sabbatical last year, I expected to enjoy the full three months off: I don't think I truly expected to stop blogging. And then a month into 2019, my company was acquired by Spotify: since that happened, it's been a fairly constant...
It seems like Of the moment posts were the only thing that people really missed sooooo...here I am! Even though they're pretty quick and easy, I don't think I can quite commit to doing them once a week but I am going to try and pop in here monthly or...
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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.