Here is something that I should preface this story with: it is well-known among my friends and family that I do not like getting my face wet. Yes, I wash my face. No, I do not swim with my face in the water—I prefer an awkward and not entirely...
Forget all of the fancy apps and websites: the vast majority of my productivity relies on a $1 yellow tablet.
It's nothing too fancy. I always keep a yellow tablet on my desk (now that I've written this, I bet you'll spot it in the background...
Finally: our San Diego apartment tour! We moved to San Diego last summer, and have been loving life in America's finest city ever since. I had assumed that we would start off by renting a cute little craftsman with two bathrooms and a yard near...
Between moving and marriage, 2017 was a little light on the big travel plans. Although my biggest travel priority is taking advantage of our San Diego location and exploring more of the West Coast, Mexico and Canada, I'm also hoping to check some of...
One of the questions that gives me pause in my five-year Q&A journal: are you seeking security or excitement? For the past few years, I've struggled to define what exactly I'm seeking. But in 2018, I want the answer to be both, equally. On one...
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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.