I tend to judge a city by its parks: as much as I love street art and sidewalk cafes and vintage boutiques, my favorite thing to do in a new city is still to find a sunny bench or patch of grass and read a book. Whether it's an expanse as huge and...
Whenever I visit San Francisco, I usually stay in the Marina. One of my close friends from college has lived in a gorgeous place on Lombard and Divisadero, and I've been crashing there since I worked in high-tech PR in Silicon Valley. For the longest...
I spent a few days last week in San Francisco for a work event, and I never quite managed to get on West Coast time. To be honest, it didn't bother me that much: I much prefer early mornings and early nights to sleeping in and staying out late. Even...
When people started expressing their delight that fall was upon us, I was cynical: to me, the start of fall only signifies the end of summer. However, I quickly realized that the concept of fall is something that is completely lost on someone who...
Fall is quickly growing on me as my favorite season in New York City. There's something about the crisp blue skies and the sun shining as the leaves change color and the temperatures begin to drop--and there's no better place to enjoy the fall colors...
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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.