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Brooks Beach is an online space for normal girlies to romanticize their lives. In 2025 I decided I wasn't going to use ChatGPT for anything anymore, so nothing is ai generated. I’ll be sharing tips, tricks, and personal stories on everything from cozy home decor to budget-friendly finds We’re all about making life a little brighter with fun date ideas, cute thrifted items, and everyday joys
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Hey there! It's so nice to meet you! I'm Sam the creator and founder of Brooks Beach. Brooks Beach is an online space for normal girlies to romanticize their lives. I'm an artist and photographer living in Southern California. I'll share weekly blog posts that cover everything from personal stories to business ideas. It's a space to feel good, garden, have date nights with romantic partners and get togethers with friends, and lots of tips and tricks. So cheers to building a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
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20 Lessons
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7 Date Ideas That Aren’t Dinner and a Movie
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How to Create a Thriving Indoor Herb Garden
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5 Books That Will Instantly Improve Your Mood
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Where to Find the Best Plus-Size Basics (That Actually Fit)
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Everyday Indulgence: Little Pleasures Deserve the Spotlight
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Preparing for my egg retrieval with IVF – the pregnancy test after the Ovidrel shot. I just learned part of the IVF protocol as we’re preparing for my egg retrieval with IVF (technically IVM) and it absolutely sucks. 1) I have to stay up til midnight to administer my Ovidrel shot. And that fucking […]
good books
date nights
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I’ve sat with this review for over a week since reading the book. I didn’t want to simply knee-jerk reaction. First of all, I would have DNFed and the only reason I didn’t was because the author had shared a carousel on instagram that resonated with me. It was a decades worth of rejections, and […]
Is 111 days enough to turn your life 180 degrees? Yesterday I did some math that made me realize that I have 112 days to flip my life upside down. So here’s what I did in order to start working towards that goal Edit 2 out of the 15 galleries that I have to deliver […]
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I have 112 days to turn around my whole entire life, and since that sounds entirely too dramatic, and also like the longest timeline in the whole world I’m going to break it down into more manageable chunks. I have 7 days to deliver 15 photo galleries – those are my big commitments that actually […]
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What does 6 months post botox look like? My one and only time trying botox. Before we answer the question “What does 6 months post botox look like?” I want to give a little bit of back story into why I wanted to get botox, and what my skin care journey has been so far. Over the years […]
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Adulting has turned out to be a lot harder than I imagined it would be when I was a little girl. But it has also turned out to be a lot of fun. I'm embracing the dichotomy and sharing the good, bad, and embarrassing here. We're trying our best.
Creating a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside
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