I’ve always been struck at a) how often I manage to lose things and b) how I almost always manage to get them back.
In college, I lost my wallet two times: I put it down while signing a petition in the quad, I stuck it on top of the gas pump after...
Coney Island was on my list of "things to do this summer" but somehow, I didn't make it there until the very first day of fall. Luckily, the weather was perfect for an afternoon of reading on the beach, strolling along the boardwalk and indulging in...
During the last long days of summer, I decided to bike up to Fort Tryon Park on a Saturday morning. I first visited Fort Tryon Park last August, and located off 190th Street, it just seemed so incredibly far away--even though I was staying on the...
While I might be beach-hopping in New York on the weekends or sailing to the Statue of Liberty at sunset, I'm usually in front of a computer from 9 to 5, Monday through Friday as the social media and marketing manager for ONA. One of the perks of...
Being able to go to the beach for the day: I always thought that was something people in Los Angeles did, not New Yorkers. I honestly never even thought about easy beach days when I moved to the city, since I figured that was reserved for rich people...
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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.