At the time this blog post goes live, I'll be in Japan! This is probably the most nervous, excited and overwhelmed I've been for a trip in a looooong time. I usually don't do too much trip research or crazy itinerary planning, but I have been deep in...
There are often moments when David and I turn to each other and say how happy we are to live in San Diego, and listening to a symphony al fresco as the sun set over the bay: that was definitely one of them. We went to the Tchaikovsky Spectacular with...
It was another crazy week of work travel for me (up to Los Angeles for the day, and then up to San Jose the next day!), and I'm really hoping to take advantage of the long weekend at home to get on top of all sorts of stuff--like finally organizing...
This was one of my favorite kind of weeks: no work travel, no blog travel, no fun travel, Blue Apron for dinner, catching up on all of my ridiculous MTV shows, lots of pug snuggles. I appreciate this low-key weeks so much since they don't happen that...
It was been such a crazy week! Between work travel, moving into a new house and hosting some of my favorite friends in town from London: not a ton of time to stay on top of blog stuff.
To be honest, I felt so guilty last week for not getting an...
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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.