I've lived in this in-between space ever since I started blogging: I've never wanted to be a full-time traveler. I love to travel, but I also very much love being home in my own bed and my own kitchen and my own perfectly calibrated routine. For...
One of my greatest travel superpowers is being able to sleep well on red-eyes and long-haul flights: it’s a skill that my husband deeply envies, and one of the things that makes it a lot easier to me to travel often.
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Is RTR Unlimited worth it? The short answer: yes! TLDR: I’ve been using RTR Unlimited for most of 2018, and although I was reluctant to try it, I’m now a huge advocate. It’s totally changed the way I shop!
Here’s the quick overview of...
One of the things that I believe strongly is that things that are more expensive aren't necessarily better. One of the things that I've been trying to do recently is rejigger my beauty routine to include products that work, regardless of the price or...
Although I'm certainly not a full-time traveler, travel is still (obviously) a big part of my life. I average about 30 flights a year, mostly for pleasure but a few for business. I almost always fly out of JFK, and fly JetBlue 75% of the time and...
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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.