Although I don't plan on becoming a mommy blog, the reality is that spending ten months pregnant was certainly a big part of my life over the last year or so! I didn't particularly love or hate being pregnant: there were some times that it was more...
When I was a teenager, I remember reading fashion magazines where celebrities would be interviewed about their beauty routines. When asked about the one makeup item they couldn't live without, they'd always say mascara or red lipstick and I'd think:...
Growing up in California, I never really learned the value of good boots or a warm jacket. I spent the winter in flats and sneakers, in cozy sweaters and light jackets--moving between warm cars and warm houses and warm offices, with only brief...
I've never exactly been a minimalist, but if traveling long term taught me anything: it's that everything you carry better be worth it. When you carry your life on your back, there's no room for superfluousness. Even though I now have a fixed life...
One of the best things about yoga teacher training (even though I didn't appreciate it nearly enough at the time) was that it was such a fantastic forced container for healthy habits. When you're practicing yoga for eight hours a day twice a week,...
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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.