That’s it: I’m waving my white paper napkin in surrender.
The Challenge of the Cornet has gotten the best of me. Eating ice cream every day is harder than you think, especially when oozing chocolat fondant and succulent fig tarts are fighting for...
I had a moment with the ice cream man the other day. Pascal and I have been getting on quite nicely--we ça va each other every time I wander up to order another cornet. But this time, I achieved what every ice cream seeker is secretly wishing for: a...
Summer has finally arrived in Nice, and with it, an ever-constant layer of sweat. I pride myself on an ability to withstand triple digits, coming from a region where we measure a summer's intensity in consecutive days over 100 degrees. However, the...
True, the Challenge of the Cornet is centered around trying all 93 flavors at Fennochio in Nice (only 76 left to go!). However, I didn't see why my ice cream obsession should be limited to the French Riviera when Paris is foodie heaven. I took the...
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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.