After an early Saturday morning run and a coffee from my favorite cafe in the Lower East Side, my friend Kate and I were heading out for the ultimate day in Brooklyn. Once we realized the train we wanted wasn't running on the weekend, we just hopped...
One of my 2013 resolutions was to get out of New York City at least once a month. But between a whirlwind trip to Miami, the Bahamas and California for the second half of December and moving into a new Manhattan apartment on January 1, I simply...
The September 11 Memorial site has been on my list of "things to do" for the entire time I've lived here. However, it's one of those sites that you have to be in the right kind of mood for: those bright, sunny, happy late summer afternoons and crisp,...
There's a lot to do in New York City--and the costs of each attraction and museum can add up quickly, especially when you're already paying a premium on accommodation, food and shopping. That's where New York CityPASS ticket booklets come in handy:...
Like the Louvre in Paris or the MONA in Hobart, the Met is THE museum of New York City. Housed in an iconic building on the edges of Central Park--with the steps that grace plenty a movie scene--the Metropolitan Museum of Art has an incredible...
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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.