I don't really like talking about politics. It can get messy and confrontational and emotional, and it can make it hard to stay optimistic or feel like it's possible to make a difference. It's especially crazy and divisive times in this election...
Whereas previous generations of women might have been raised to be wives and mothers, it feels like today we grow up aiming to have it all: career, relationship, kids, house, and Instagram-envy-inducing vacations as the cherry on top.
There is a...
We brought home our pug puppy on Friday, and we are over the moon in love with her! Her official name is Gertrude Rose, but she shall affectionately be known as GERTIE from here on out. She's super chill and funny and honestly, I'm pretty sure she's...
My boyfriend and I moved in together about eight months ago (where has time gone?!): it's been all sorts of domestic bliss, but it's also a pretty big life and relationship change that comes with some challenges.
This is the first time I've lived...
Traveling solo can be lonely, but it can also be a cure to loneliness. I started the "every birthday in another country" goal when I was living in France and Australia, when I was creating a life overseas and struggling to make friends and generally...
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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.