I started blogging in April 2010, shortly after quitting my entry-level job in high-tech public relations and purchasing a one-day ticket to Nice, France. Thinking back, I'm not quite sure what my aspirations were. I'm sure I harbored some tiny...
Real talk: turning 30 has inspired more reflection than many other recent milestones. There's nothing like finding your first (and then many) gray hairs to remind you that not only are you not invincible, but you're actually aging. All of that said:...
In things that I can't quite believe: I've been blogging for eight years! This little blog domain has witnessed life in three countries and travels to 35 more (!), two cross-country and two-around-the-world moves, countless weekend trips and so many...
One of the best pieces of advice I got from a late professor was to stop putting age limits on things. We often grow up with numbers in mind for certain achievements: engaged by 25, VP by 29, married by 30, five kids by 36, first book published by...
I've been working from home full-time for the past six months or so, and full confession: I love it! Although I did it in small doses in New York City (once a week when I worked at ONA, and then sporadically at Vimeo and Gimlet), this is my first...
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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.