One of those weeks where I wrote a to-do list every morning...and then wrote the same things on the to-do list the next day. Rough week for productivity: I flew out to New York City on Monday, had a Tuesday stacked with meetings, and flew back to San...
Hopped right back into the craziness this week with a quick work trip up to San Francisco, and honestly, I really need to carve out some time to go up to Nor Cal and actually enjoy it. Whenever I'm there on my own for work, I try to squeeze in seeing...
After a whirlwind two weeks of European travel, I am so thrilled to be home! I had the most incredible time catching up with good friends and checking out some new-to-me places in London and Paris, and exploring the stunningly beautiful country of...
It's June, which means summer and sunshine and also my annual birthday trip to a new country! So! I'm flying out to New York City tonight, and squeezing in a SLT class and lunch with a friend before taking the red-eye to London tomorrow night. I'm...
Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, aka the unofficial start to summer! It's actually a little bizarre because May and June are mayyyybe the worst weather months in San Diego: it's been overcast, gray and chilly (by Southern California standards at...
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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.