Last week, I went to Las Vegas for work. It was a hectic week: recovering from the flu, managing my first trade show, squeezing in a 24-hour visit with my mom (complete with shopping, dinner and a Cirque de Soleil show!). Busy as it was, I managed to...
Diversity is a word that's thrown around a lot when people talk about the United States. It's an incredible melting pot of cultures, a dazzling mix of landscapes. It's black and white and every shade of gray, red rocks and green mountains and endless...
Time is money, or so they say. However, often when you're traveling long-term, you seem to have a whole lot of time and not a lot of money. You're willing to spend all day on a cheap local bus packed with people in Vietnam. You don't mind working on...
When I think of Arizona, I think of expanses of red desert with endless blue skies: tall, looming cacti, tumblewoods lazing across a deserted highway, violet and white blooms hugging the ground.
However, Arizona was a constant surprise:...
To be honest: I was nervous about taking this road trip. Sure, I was stoked to see more of the USA, and after driving across the whole of Australia, I knew via land would be the best way to do it. But I don't like driving or being stuck in a car, my...
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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.