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I do not have a lot of life stories of Doheny Beach other than a birthday celebration, a meet up with friends, a paddle boarding attempt and a live country music concert (Driftwood Festival). Nevertheless, Doheny is a beautiful iconic first beach of California in the Dana Point area located in South Orange County.   But, itContinue reading “Doheny Beach – “Ride or Die””

Visits to the Morro Bay area and Cayucos Beach in the summer following my sophomore year in high school mark a significant impasse in my teenage years, which I will explain more about in the Life Stories section.  One of my mom’s friends “Tia Laura” had recently moved to this area from Upland, CA so weContinue reading “Morro Bay / Cayucos Beach – “A Summer of Firsts””

As I sit here writing my first beach article, I am feeling the fears and doubts. I’m not a writer, I worry too much about what other people think and the ugly self-talk that tells us that we can’t do it starts to creep in. “STOP” I tell my reptile brain and ask myself whyContinue reading “Laguna Beach – “Ouch Point””

So what is a beach? According to Webster’s it’s a: shore of a body of water covered by sand, gravel, or larger rock fragment b:  a seashore area But for me it’s so much more than that. For me, it’s life source, my happy place, where memories are made and culture is born. It’s aContinue reading “Life’s a Beach”