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TGIF: May 22 Endless Summer Miami Beach
Endless Summer Miami Beach Pss Pss: Like this photo? Feel free to click on the image for full size, then save on your mobile device to use as your photo background.
TGIF: May 15
Palm Tree Paradise Pss Pss: Like this photo? Feel free to click on the image for full size, then save on your mobile device to use as your photo background.
Tamarindo Tuesday: Tamarindo 101
"Tamarindo: The second largest beach town in Costa Rica." Now that you know the best ways to travel to Costa Rica and how to get to Tamarindo, what is Tamarindo actually like?? Tamarindo is the second largest beach town in Costa Rica, but don't let that statement lead...
Why My Mom Is Better Than Your Mom
Let's face it, we all have "The World's Greatest Mom". But I am about to reveal to you why MY Mom is better than YOUR Mom. She can beat your Dad at tennis…or golf. No matter how many times I explain or write down instructions on how to work the remote, she still calls...
TGIF: May 8
Sunset Soccer Happy Hour Pss Pss: Like this photo? Feel free to click on the image for full size, then save on your mobile device to use as your photo background.
How to Get to Tamarindo
Bienvenidos a Costa Rica! Woo-hoo you made it to Costa Rica! People are speaking in a foreign language and your High School Spanish is a tad rusty. Rusty as in you only remember how to introduce yourself... "Hola, me llamo Kristen!" (Hello, my name is Kristen!) So you...
Ultimate Showdown: Snail Mail vs. E-Mail
Did you know that over 100 billion emails are sent and received each day? BILLION. In comparison, the United States Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers 518.2 million per day. Ok, this may be an apples to oranges comparison given the e-mail statistic is...
TGIF: May 1
Best seat in the house Pss Pss: Like this photo? Feel free to click on the image and save on your mobile device to use as your photo background.
5 Reasons to Snail Mail a Card
E-mail used to be so cool. As fast as the dial-up connection would allow you could send off a note and receive a written response within minutes. And what about text messages? T9 was all the rave! But now it seems that we are way too accessible with the plethora of...
What your Mother REALLY wants for Mother’s Day
If you are anything like my father, finding gifts for your wife (or Mother, Grandma, or girlfriend) can be quite challenging. Several times a year you have to find another GREAT gift. There is the Holiday gift, the anniversary, the birthday, AND Mother's Day, which...
TGIF: April 24
Palm Trees, Ocean Breeze, Salty Air, Sun Kissed Hair, Endless Summer, Take Me There... Happy Weekend! Pura Vida, Kristen
Sneak Peak: Kaila + Alexander
Kaila + Alexander: 3/14/15, Playa Grande, Costa Rica Click here to see their mini album.
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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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