I went on my very first international trip to Paris with my mom when I was 11 years old: I was completely enamored with pain au chocolats every morning, the Disney store on the Champs-Élysées and the view from the Eiffel Tower. Last week, I went to...
It's impossible to visit Charlottesville, Virginia without hearing about Thomas Jefferson--or Mr. Jefferson, as he's referred to by locals. Born and raised in Virginia, Jefferson inherited a large amount of land outside of Charlottesville in his 20s....
My boyfriend's birthday is January 6: not only does that make him a Capricorn (so grounded and laid-back and even-tempered he is!), but it also means that his birthday is right around that point in winter where the winter-wonderland-ness of Christmas...
One of the reasons why I blog is simply to have the space to write: getting things “on paper” helps me to process my feelings and organize my thoughts. I also love having a record of my life over the past few years: a place that holds all of my...
Over the holidays, I headed down to Charlottesville, Virginia to spend Christmas with my boyfriend's family. Although my boyfriend is a born-and-raised Manhattanite, his uncle was a law professor at University of Virginia and his aunt worked in PR...
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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.