My CCSVI Adventure in Costa Mesa, California

Day 1: Feb 16, 2011 (sent from iPad)



What a nice part of the country! What a nice flight on Continental Airlines. First class is almost as good as having your own private Lear 55 and the bathroom is so much warmer. I cannot recall the last time I flew first class, it might have been in mid evil times, at least the dark ages. I like being spoiled. I enjoy the legroom and the drinks before flight time. Too bad I cannot drink at the moment. :( Deb directed us right and we took the cart at intercontinental from security to the gate as it was, of course, at the far end, the bitter end of the terminal. Murphy's law of walking. If you can't, it will be as far away as humanly possible. Fooled the old boy this time.



Our room at the Hyatt is nice and clean but old. The hotel is old but the people are so friendly and helpful, it makes up for the age of the place. We Have as nice view of the Bay. Looks like a harbor to me, but they refer to it as a bay. The grounds are gorgeous and tomorrow morning, weather permitting, the camera comes out and I will follow where it leads around the grounds.



My MRV got rescheduled from 8:15 AM to 12:45 PM. Thank god for little wonders as most of my friends and family know how sluggish I am before 10 in the morning. That shifted my Doctor's Consultation to 4:30 PM so I get an afternoon of the medical stuff. We better go eat or we will miss Idol!



Dinner!



We only had an hour to grab something for dinner so decided to eat here at the Hyatt to save time. Usually hotel food is average at best but were we ever pleasantly surprised! The food was fabulous. I had a salmon caesar salad that even had anchovies. Best salmon salad I have ever had. The fish was cooked perfectly. Not sushi and not dried cat food nuggets, but perfectly seasoned, moist, tender and yummy. The lettuce was cut up just to the right size where one didn't need knife nor a spoon but just a fork to eat it gracefully! I had to stop or I wouldn't have had enough to save for breakfast tomorrow, :)



Another comment to close my day. Everyone we have come in contact with here in CA has been super friendly, courteous and incredibly helpful. Amazing. This totally ruins my long held belief, borrowed from elsewhere that californians are just fruits nuts and flakes. The few friends of mine from CA are pretty wacky.

Goodnight. Off to bed. Pooped. It's midnight thirty already.