I first fell in love with rooftop bars in Melbourne: the city center is scattered with open-air spaces to sip a cocktail, eat dinner or watch a movie. The aptly-named Rooftop Bar was one of my favorite levels of Curtin House on a warm summer evening,...
Amarillo isn't on the the top of many people's lists of what they want to see in America. This "Yellow Rose of Texas" makes many an appearance in country music songs, but it's not at the forefront of Texas tourism.
Honestly, Amarillo is a...
To be fair, we didn't spend that much time in Santa Fe. And to be honest, we spent most of it drinking on rooftops. That being said, Renee and I both absolutely loved this artsy Southwestern city in New Mexico after just one afternoon.
The...
There's something about Sedona that pulls you in: the stunning red rocks, the brilliant entrance via a twisting canyon road, the vortexes that local New Age fanatics swear by.
It's not just the local hippies who are infected with the Sedona...
When we were in the midst of planning a road trip across the USA in July, a few people told us we were crazy. It'd be too hot, humid, muggy, sticky, awful.
Not one person warned us about monsoon season. So we couldn't help but laugh as we...
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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.