We decided to end 2016 and start 2017 in Austin, Texas! I've visited this quirky little capital city twice before: once on my road trip to New York City in 2012, and then for a weekend to check out the culinary scene and surrounding Texas Hill...
Central Park is one of my favorite places in the city in all seasons, but it's especially hard to beat in fall. The foliage is just so gorgeous! And one of my favorite (and fairly underrated) spots in the park is the Pool, located off 103rd Street on...
It's really easy for New York City to lose that tourist sparkle after you've lived there for a few years. Sure, you still marvel at seeing the city all sparkly when you're in a cab going over the Brooklyn Bridge late at night and you revel in the...
Amelia Island is one of those under-the-radar gems that you can't believe you've never heard of before--or, at the very least, I couldn't believe that it took me so long to hear about it. Located off the coast of Northeast Florida (about a 45-minute...
Remember my good friend Jillian of weekly coffee date fame? Our coffee dates got a lot more sporadic when she and her husband bought a house in Maryland earlier this year--and then she had a beautiful baby girl in September! I finally had a chance 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.