After Aly and I spent the afternoon hitting balls at the Chelsea Piers Golf Club, we decided to take a leisurely bike ride along the West Side Highway and through Battery Park. As we rode through the Financial District, we were shocked to see a...
There are plenty of "touristy" things in New York City that are popular with the locals: Friday nights on the rooftop at The Met, brunch in a sunny cafe in West Village, strolling the streets and shops of SoHo. But visiting the Statue of Liberty? In...
I grew up with the Golf Channel on in the background. My parents are both avid golfers (my dad just won the super senior Championship at their country club--just two years after winning the general club championship, and less than six months after...
When I was in middle school, I took part in a program at the local university that offered a variety of "college-type" courses for advanced students. Although I remember struggling through algebra, most of the classes I took were fun: photography...
It should be no secret by now that I love beer, especially craft beer (going to college in the same town where Sierra Nevada was founded gave me a healthy respect for the craft beer industry). I like a nice glass of white wine and some nights call...
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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.