Beaches

Susan Lanier-Graham on January 25th, 2012

The South of France is my favorite place in the world. A small restaurant on a stretch of beach known as Plage Keller, provided an almost perfect wow moment.

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Susan Lanier-Graham on January 26th, 2011

Staying at Shorebreak Hotel, on the Pacific Coast Highway overlooking the ocean and the Huntington Beach, California pier is like living the American Dream.

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Susan Lanier-Graham on January 4th, 2011

My room at Breezes Grand Negril in Jamaica was a beach front junior suite with French doors that opened to a small patio, with the beach just a few steps away.

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Susan Lanier-Graham on January 3rd, 2011

Barceló Maya Palace Deluxe Resort is in Riviera Maya, Mexico south of Cancun. My Junior Suite Ocean View Club Premium room is on my top hotel room list.

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Susan Lanier-Graham on December 30th, 2010

Playa Vida is a welcoming beach-front rental home in Rocky Point (Puerto Peñasco), Mexico on the Sea of Cortez, about 4 hours south of Phoenix.

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Susan Lanier-Graham on June 23rd, 2010

The Gulf oil spill is an astronomical environmental disaster. Yet there are miles of pristine Florida coast untouched by oil. Some of the most breathtaking and tourist-friendly are the beaches of Franklin County, Florida.

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Susan Lanier-Graham on June 22nd, 2010

The Coombs House Inn is an elegant historic inn set in the center of a quaint seaside village on the Florida coast in Franklin County. The town of Apalachicola is just minutes from the pristine white sands of St. George Island. The regal Coombs House Inn provides the perfect respite for visitors to Florida’s true natural escape in Franklin County.

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Susan Lanier-Graham on August 21st, 2009

Esencia Estate is a 50-acre seaside estate in Mexico’s Riviera Maya, just 46 miles south of Cancun, Mexico. It is the essence of elegant simplicity. Located on a perfect two-mile strand of white sand beach, Esencia was the former home of an Italian Duchess.

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Susan Lanier-Graham on July 21st, 2009

One of the most incredible hotels in the South of France is Chateau Hotel de la Messardiere. The Chateau sits amid the pinewoods on a hillside overlooking the Bay of Saint-Tropez, the Ramatuelle vineyards, and the beaches of Pampelonne.

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Susan Lanier-Graham on March 30th, 2009

I had one day on the Central Oregon Coast, so I had to make it count. I wanted low key. Relaxing. A day to enjoy nature and ignore the usual tourist attractions. I was with my sister, so it was a day for laughing, remembering stories from our childhood, and creating new moments. We started [...]

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