I've loved reading my whole life, and 2024 was no exception! I completed my goal (for the fourth year in a row!) of 100 books in a year. I read mostly fiction, mostly by female writers, mostly somewhat modern--but I also reread a few of my absolute...
Holy moly 2023 what a year! Although it's been an emotional roller coaster the last few months--our nanny resigning, our nanny coming back, getting laid off--it's been a really good year. It's wild to think that this was our first full year of Jojo!...
I started blogging in April 2010, shortly after quitting my entry-level job in high-tech public relations and purchasing a one-day ticket to Nice, France. Thinking back, I'm not quite sure what my aspirations were. I'm sure I harbored some tiny...
Although I know I promised not to make this a mommy blog, we're coming up on Jojo's first birthday (tomorrow!) and I wanted to share the products that we absolutely *loved* this first year. I found the act of making a baby registry very overwhelming...
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...
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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.