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It was supposed to just be one semester,<br />
some time away from the icy, cold hustle<br />
and bustle of Boston. The traffic was getting<br />
out of hand, and the near constant state<br />
of commuting between his office at the<br />
university and his private practice was,<br />
frankly, getting old. Yes, it is fair to say that<br />
Terry Heinlein needed a break.<br />
After a quick trip through California the<br />
previous year, there was one thought that<br />
would not leave his mind as he stared through<br />
the frosty windshield at the bumper inching<br />
forward ahead of him: San Luis Obispo. He<br />
tells the story about flying into Los Angeles—<br />
or was it San Francisco?—then driving up, or<br />
down, Highway 101 and exiting for a break<br />
midway. “I fell in love immediately,” recalls<br />
Heinlein. Although an East Coaster all the<br />
way through, who was born in Washington,<br />
D.C. and had roots firmly planted within the<br />
orbit of go-go Beantown, he found something<br />
that he had been missing right here on the<br />
Central Coast. “People here are so nice. I don’t >><br />
56 | <strong>SLO</strong> <strong>LIFE</strong> MAGAZINE | FEB/MAR <strong>2019</strong>
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