About

A dog person, more than a cat person, Anneliese Ågren roams the California coast from north to south in search of adventure, history, and good food. She has lived in such disparate coastal communities as McKinleyville, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Half Moon Bay and San Gregorio.

She holds a degree in English, emphasis Creative Writing, and a minor in California Studies.  This blog is an exercise in making use of both studies.  The essays are better than the poetry, but the poetry must be attempted all the same.  Your patience is appreciated in trudging through both types of posts.

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  1. Very informative blog. I will be linking it under my “odds & ends” blog roll.

    I was born and raised along the California coast, coming up on 60 years, now, so I have seen a lot of changes in my lifetime. I like what you accomplish here.

    By: bigsurkate on January 25, 2009
    at 10:58 am

  2. Hi BSK!
    Very nice to have you here. Thank you for commenting too. I see many hits per day, but no one ever comments. =)

    I also was born and raised along the California coast. I’ve lived in Laguna, Newport, McKinleyville, S.F., and now HMB, with many visits to all other wonderful points. I’m glad you like what’s going on here. It’s a total labor of love.

    When we talk secession, perhaps we should have a West California secession? Unfortunately, so many of the developers would be included in that newly formed state. :)

    By: coastroad on January 25, 2009
    at 12:43 pm

  3. Just returning from the L.A. Times Festival of Books. I stayed in Santa Monica … which counts, right? Glad to see the reference to C-Mac’s Southern California, as you might imagine.

    By: Peter Richardson on April 27, 2009
    at 6:05 am

  4. Hola Peter! I’ve loved that fog description compilation of “C-Mac!” Been waiting for the time to use it. :)

    Santa Monica – where PCH routes inland along Lincoln Blvd … a boulevard had been desired instead.

    By: coastroad on April 28, 2009
    at 4:27 am

  5. Love your blog. Its almost 12 months to the day since I did a bicycle ride from Lompoc to San Fran. It was a fantastic experience full of great scenery, coincidences and small world experiences. Now back in Sydney I still day dream about the coast ride.

    By: Tim Fiddes on May 12, 2009
    at 10:05 pm

  6. Hi Tim!
    Thanks a bunch! Now I must travel to your land (and New Zealand), so that I may enjoy your Pacific Highway. I hear it can be lovely experience too?

    By: coastroad on May 13, 2009
    at 6:01 am

  7. Thanks for visiting my site and tipping me off to yours! The guys and I at the American Road Forum gang have spent many a pleasant thread talking about PCH and other Pacific Coast highways – http://americanroadmagazine.com/forum/ – you might enjoy visiting there, too.

    By: Jim on May 26, 2009
    at 3:19 pm

  8. “American Road Forum?” Sounds great – thanks! Nice to meet you via our blogs. :)

    By: coastroad on May 26, 2009
    at 7:48 pm

  9. Hi – great blog! I am a resident of El Granada,and was born in Laguna, grew up in Capo Beach.

    I just read your post on Coastsider.com about downtown HMB. You made some great points about Laguna and it’s sustainability.

    Glad I found your blog. Keep up the good work!

    By: Kat on July 31, 2009
    at 3:05 pm

  10. Hi Kat! Glad you like this blog and even gladder (more glad?) to hear we are both Coastsiders. Keep in touch, Kat. =]

    By: coastroad on August 8, 2009
    at 10:29 am

  11. Hi

    I noticed that your site is a source for people who are coming to my site, so wanted to send a shout out and say thanks. great coverage of the coastal regions and other tidbits-

    and do you live on the coast somewhere too?

    Best-(Romney) Nani
    http://www.mynepenthebook.com

    By: Romney Steele on August 16, 2009
    at 9:29 am

  12. I live north of you Romney, north of Santa Cruz, south of Half Moon Bay. :) Grew up down south. Travel the coast more than anywhere else.

    By: coastroad on September 7, 2009
    at 5:23 pm

  13. Cool site, love the info. I do a lot of research online on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks, :)

    A definite great read.. <a href="http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/~bill-bartmann"

    -Bill-Bartmann

    By: Bill Bartmann on September 21, 2009
    at 8:00 am

  14. Well that’s cool, Bill. Thanks so much! I’ll try to keep up the effort! :)

    By: coastroad on September 28, 2009
    at 7:07 am


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