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Recipe to a Magical Sunset
Last week, another wedding brought me back to the US. This time it was my cousin and his girlfriend of over NINE years that tied the knot (seriously Jared, you took your time!). I must say that it was very hard to pull me away from my new love, my surfboard. I only...
Play Hard, But Don’t Break It
Almost two years ago, I visited Witch's Rock Surf Camp here in Tamarindo, Costa Rica and saw Robert August shape a piece of foam into a surfboard; the vehicle that carried me to the sport that had recently captivated my heart and transported me to another world. The...
Elfers’ Got Hitched
Costa Rica mesmerized me again with her charming and magical ways. Between my day job of social media for Robert August, my new side project of beautiful Costa Rica postcards, board meetings, sunset research and development observing, and Costa Rica's trance, I have...
The Lightbulb Went Pop
Do you ever have those moments where the light bulb goes off? I know, I know, that no-pun-intended lightbulb moment... Well, a couple of months ago I was standing in the supermarket here in Costa Rica shopping for a postcard when the light bulb started to flicker. I...
Once Upon A Run
Running doesn't like me and I don't like running. Ask any of my basketball friends and they will tell you that when it came to running sprints in practice, I tried to run the other way. So of course what better thing to do than decide to train for a 10k?!? This is...
Halftime
Half. Way. Done. Two weeks ago I started the Wave Shape challenge and I am hooked! Three days a week I push play, rev up my heart rate, and sweat up a storm. And you know what? I don't know how I even convinced myself that kicking my butt three a day would actually be...
Law of Motion
People always talk about a decision or non-decision that changes ones life. In Newton's Laws of Motion terms, "for every reaction, there is an equal and opposite reaction". Or according to Frost, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and...
What Lies Beneath
Now that Memorial Day weekend has passed and it is officially June (JUNE?!?!), the northern hemisphere is starting to enjoy the beauty of summer. For me, summer evokes memories of rolling around in lush lawns, climbing trees, swimming in pools, BBQs, playing outside...
Fear
Since I was a little girl, I have marched to my own tune and felt in my gut that I was going to do something completely different. Part of this is due to being the youngest child and the only girl, but also my affinity for standing out. My friends have also always...
Follow Your Heart
You know the old saying, "Time flies when you are having fun"? Well, I can't believe that it is May already! Just to think that last year I was sitting in a cubicle on the 24th floor of an office building in New York City is crazy. (For those of you that have not been...
Perfection
This past month, I had the amazing opportunity to surf a phenomenal surf spot not only once, but twice. Where might that be you ask? I am tempted not to tell y'all since the secret code between surfers is to not reveal their coveted surf breaks...but since this cat is...
Are you alive??
Well, Costa Rica finally did it...it sucked me in and I got lost in Pura Vida land. Seriously, a month without a peep from my normal loquacious self! So that begs the question...what have I been up to??? I promise it has not been all fun and games...well, actually...
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Kristen M. Brown is an internationally published lifestyle photographer and the photographer behind Samba to the Sea™.
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