In terms of life: this year was brilliant. I got married and I moved across the country, two pretty big life changes that have brought me so much happiness. Although it wasn't my biggest travel year, I still managed to squeeze in three new countries...
Hi hello it's that time of year again here's another gift guide. I actually don't think I've really done a proper gift guide before, but I realized that I like to give the same type of gift over and over again. And in true over-planner fashion, I...
In addition to my personal travel and fun blog-related trips: I’ve been doing a lot of business travel over the past few months: as part of my job in sales, I visit companies and agencies based in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.
Although the...
“What if joy is my only metric for success?” – Sarah Jones
I read that quote in an article full of good advice a year ago, and it resonated deeply. Joy is simply defined as "a feeling of great pleasure and happiness." It's easy to think of joy as...
I put up the below photo on Instagram earlier this week with the below caption, and as I read through some of the comments, I realized: I've been feeling the same way and dealing with a lot of these same anxieties for most of the (almost) eight years...
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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.