Confession: avocado toast is one of the few foods that I am always willing to splurge on, even though 90% of the time I have the ingredients in my own kitchen. And that's mostly because there are so many trendy restaurants and cafes popping up in New...
Diner En Blanc: in the simplest terms, it's a flash mob dinner party--or at least, that became our easy go-to answer to passerby who asked what exactly was going on when they saw 5,000 people dressed in white and carrying tables, chairs, picnic...
When my boyfriend and I first started dating two and a half years ago, we used to go out almost every night: cocktails, dinner, dive bars. But now he's training for the New York City Marathon (!) and I prefer a vinyasa flow to a vodka soda, and so:...
One of the standard "touristy" things that I hadn't done in (almost!) three years of living here: the Staten Island ferry! Even if you have no desire to go to the fifth borough, it's the poor man's version of the sunset Statue of Liberty sail: it's...
Despite having lived here for three years, this was my first 4th of July in New York City! I'm starting to learn that long weekends are my favorite to stay at home: you don't have to deal with traffic or increased rates, the city is delightfully...
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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.