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Since I started writing this blog in 2010, I've tried to establish a few words around each new year. It's a way to decide what I'm going to focus on, what I'm searching for most--and mostly, it's a grounding exercise to calm my mind during yoga,...
At a dinner party the other night, I blushed when my boyfriend and a close friend discussed a blog post that I'd written. It was a strange collision of two separate worlds, the intersection between the life that I live every day and the ways that I...
2014! I'm excited for this year, and I'm pretty happy with how things are: I've got the best people around me, a delightfully cozy home, the opportunity to live in New York City, plenty of frequent flier miles saved up. I already floss regularly and...
One of my favorite things about having a blog is that it holds me accountable. Writing things down automatically makes me more likely to follow through on goals, and that accountability is doubled when it's shared publicly. That's why I'm a big fan...
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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.