After two long years of restoration, the Rose Main Reading Room in the New York Public Library opens to the public today! I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek yesterday morning, and it is such a wonderfully reverent space in the middle of a chaotic...
For the past three years that I've been living in New York City, I've gone home to Sacramento every September. It's my favorite time of year to visit: not only are flight tickets so much cheaper than around the holidays or in summer, but it's also...
I actually love staying in the city over long weekends: no traffic or higher prices to deal with, and the city is delightfully quiet and laid-back. Whenever we have a few extra "weekend" days to explore the city, I always like to check something off...
I'm constantly surprised at how different life is once you leave the five boroughs of New York City: you don't have to go too far before you feel like you're surrounded by fresh air and silence, instead of the constant smog and chaos of the city. The...
“There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter —...
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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.