All I wanted for Christmas was a real good tan, and thanks to Caribe Playa, I got one! When I booked a flight to Puerto Rico on an impulse (namely, I was feeling sad and then I spotted a cheap round-trip on JetBlue), it was mostly because my parents...
San Juan is an interesting place: as an American territory, it's one of our country's oldest capital cities. Despite being able to use American dollars and popular chain stores dotting the boulevards, there are roosters crowing in backyards, salsa...
One of my favorite quotes is one by Ralph Waldo Emerson: live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. And that's exactly what we did in Puerto Rico. It was a week of sunshine and salt water, hammocks and relaxation. I caught up on sleep,...
Low 80s, sun shining, desperately humid but with an ocean breeze: Miami in the winter is a world away from the chill of New York City.I've visited twice recently--once after a cruise in 2012, and most recently for work a couple of weeks ago--and it's...
When I visited Miami in December of last year, I stuck to South Beach--mostly because I couldn't bear to leave the Surfcomber. This year, I headed down with ONA for the Miami Street Photography Festival (we were a co-sponsor with Leica), which took...
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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.