I was born and raised in California. The word California often conjures up images of palm trees, the Beach Boys, convertibles with the top down. It's Hollywood or San Francisco, celebrities or liberals, beaches or vineyards.
It's not often...
When I was home in California for the holidays, I had a grand time rummaging through old photo albums and high school yearbooks for #throwbackthursday Instagram gold. Nestled among my high school senior will and a shoebox of middle school snapshots...
One of my goals for 2013 was to take better care of my body--the yoga and meditation retreat in the Berkshires was a wonderful start! To help eliminate my chronic back issues, I've started seeing an acupuncturist and herbalist. She strongly...
One of the most common conversations I seem to have with friends, friends of friends, blog readers is what it takes to move to a new city.
I'm certainly no expert, but I have moved to three brand-new cities in the past four years without going...
36 hours. 15 new friends. Six vegetarian meals. Four yoga classes. Three meditation sessions. One day of silence. No iPhone or computer.
However, it's impossible to quantify the pure amount of calm and relaxation after a weekend retreat in 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.