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 —...
One of the reasons why I blog is simply to have the space to write: getting things “on paper” helps me to process my feelings and organize my thoughts. I also love having a record of my life over the past few years: a place that holds all of my...
I don't really like talking about politics. It can get messy and confrontational and emotional, and it can make it hard to stay optimistic or feel like it's possible to make a difference. It's especially crazy and divisive times in this election...
One of the things I believe most about travel is that you don't have to go far to get the benefits--and this weekend was a wonderful example of that. We headed to The Time Nyack for what seemed like a half-vacation, half-staycation: The village of...
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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.