A reader asked about my approach to saving and spending money, and I thought it might be a fun thing to dig into a little more deeply. My overall approach to money: save so that I can splurge. No surprises here: I’m super routine- and cost-driven in...
I've been working from home full-time for the past six months or so, and full confession: I love it! Although I did it in small doses in New York City (once a week when I worked at ONA, and then sporadically at Vimeo and Gimlet), this is my first...
Here is something that I should preface this story with: it is well-known among my friends and family that I do not like getting my face wet. Yes, I wash my face. No, I do not swim with my face in the water—I prefer an awkward and not entirely...
Forget all of the fancy apps and websites: the vast majority of my productivity relies on a $1 yellow tablet.
It's nothing too fancy. I always keep a yellow tablet on my desk (now that I've written this, I bet you'll spot it in the background...
Finally: our San Diego apartment tour! We moved to San Diego last summer, and have been loving life in America's finest city ever since. I had assumed that we would start off by renting a cute little craftsman with two bathrooms and a yard near...
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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.