Photo by Dean Sullivan
There’s something special about two locals finding their way back to each other.
Last Friday, February 20, Connor Sullivan — son of Estero Bay News Publisher Dean Sullivan — proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Adriana “Addie” Linhares-Cegueda at Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. She said yes.
Connor and Addie are both Estero Bay natives. Born just two months apart at Sierra Vista Hospital, they grew up in the same community and graduated from Morro Bay High School in 2019. While they shared hallways in high school, they never met.
It was Connor’s sister, Aly Sullivan, who gave fate a nudge with an Instagram post encouraging “ladies, hit him up.” Addie did just that. Their first date? A ride up Hang Glider Hill in Cayucos in Connor’s 1997 Toyota 4Runner — a Central Coast beginning for sure.
They’ve now been together for four-and-a-half years.
Addie is the daughter of Tessa and Paul Hannula (her step-father) of Los Osos and Erick Cegueda (her father). Her family’s roots here stretch back generations. Her great-grandmother immigrated from Spain as a child, and the family has called this area home ever since. A first-generation college graduate, Addie earned an Associate of Science in pre-nursing from Cuesta College and now works in Los Osos as a dental assistant. She plans to continue her education in dental hygiene. Friends and family also know her as a talented craftsperson, always creating something beautiful by hand.
Connor’s family history on the Central Coast also runs deep. His great-grandfather owned a Buick dealership on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo in the 1950s. Connor’s mother, Shari O’Connor Sullivan, grew up in the 5-Cities but ventured away to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Humboldt before ultimately returning home to Los Osos. His father, Dean Sullivan, settled in Los Osos as a child in 1970 after some formative years in Southern California.
Connor attended Cuesta College before transferring to Cal Poly, where he is set to graduate this June with a degree in computer science.
Together, Connor and Addie enjoy hiking and traveling — especially to backcountry destinations — along with cooking and tending to an ever-growing flock of chickens.
Two families with long Central Coast histories, one well-traveled 4Runner, and a proposal that keeps it all close to home. We wish them a lifetime of happiness as they begin this next chapter together.
