#ProductiveSaturday (as defined by my like-minded friend Kate and me): a Saturday in which you wake early and un-hungover in order to clean your apartment, run any household errands and go grocery shopping. To be fair: Kate and I also regularly wax...
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...
Instead of agonizing over what to get each other for Christmas this year, my boyfriend and I bought each a trip to Costa Rica for New Year's Eve. In other words, we may have started the best tradition yet because it was actually a gift that we both...
New York City welcomed us back with open arms and 12-degree temperatures! Although it's wonderful to be home--and I'm so excited to share more about our time in Costa Rica--I'm definitely missing those long sunny days with nothing to do but swim and...
I’ve always made New Year’s resolutions. I have written them on index cards and in blog posts, and they have ranged from large, sweeping concepts (be kind) to quotidian habits (floss every day).
I’ve always needed to-do lists in order to get...
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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.