One of my friends recently remarked that she doesn't think she's ever seen my mom not smiling or laughing: how awesome is that? In that moment, I became so much more OK with "becoming my mother."
Here's my mom's life in a nutshell: she grew up...
I was scrolling through Facebook photos the other day when I noticed one of me in Southeast Asia--on a beach, overlooking a rice paddy, something suitably exotic--and noticed that a friend of mine commented: "You don't belong in...
One of the most common questions I receive is how I've afforded to travel so much. I'm not a trust-fund kid or a full-time travel blogger; I'm currently working full-time in New York City. I've traveled because I work, I save, I live frugally and I...
It's been said that good things come in threes: as of today, I've been blogging for three incredible years and I've got THREE brilliant travel plans to share.
The past year of blogging took me back to Paris and Nice, sailing through Croatia...
Last week, I went to Las Vegas for work. It was a hectic week: recovering from the flu, managing my first trade show, squeezing in a 24-hour visit with my mom (complete with shopping, dinner and a Cirque de Soleil show!). Busy as it was, I managed to...
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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.