I was scrolling through Facebook photos the other day when I noticed one of me in Southeast Asia--on a beach, overlooking a rice paddy, something suitably exotic--and noticed that a friend of mine commented: "You don't belong in...
One of the most common questions I receive is how I've afforded to travel so much. I'm not a trust-fund kid or a full-time travel blogger; I'm currently working full-time in New York City. I've traveled because I work, I save, I live frugally and I...
One of my 2013 resolutions was to get out of New York City at least once a month. But between a whirlwind trip to Miami, the Bahamas and California for the second half of December and moving into a new Manhattan apartment on January 1, I simply...
Now that summer is right around the corner--I went without a jacket for the first time in New York City yesterday!--I can't help but think about my favorite summer destinations. I've been noticing Croatia popping up on a lot more of my friends'...
The September 11 Memorial site has been on my list of "things to do" for the entire time I've lived here. However, it's one of those sites that you have to be in the right kind of mood for: those bright, sunny, happy late summer afternoons and crisp,...
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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.