Is there a doctor on the plane?

Day 1 of my California adventure-

My view out the window somewhere between Boston and Dallas.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are having a medical emergency at this time. If anyone on the plane is a doctor or medical professional, please turn on your attendant call light."

I've seen this happen in movies or on tv often enough, but it was a little surreal to hear those words over the intercom on my flight from Dallas, Texas to Ontario, CA.  The gentleman sitting in front of my row mate was, in fact, having some form of mild heart attack.  I say mild since he was able to stay impressively calm throughout the whole ordeal and because, during the hour and a half he spent in his condition on the plane, it was never necessary to break out the AED.  There was a doctor on board and they did move the both of them to first class.  This is the second time that I have been flying by myself and some medical emergency has occurred in my immediate proximity.

So, my cross country journey was not without some excitement.

The rest of it went by without incident: short layovers, on-time planes, etc.  Also, some interesting airport art.

From a neat sea scape sculpture in the Dallas Fortworth airport.

So my flight came in to CA at about 6 PM pacific time (9 PM to my body clock). My aunt picked me up and we drove to Temecula to get dinner at this pretty neat restaurant called The Lazy Dog Cafe.  She and I got two different, but both ridiculously delicious, steak based meals.

My bacon wrapped coulotte.  The sauce was delicious.

The Lazy Dog had adopted a fun brand of humor.  For instance, the signs on the bathroom had, rather than the standard human silhouettes, silhouettes of dogs in their gender-typical positions (e.g. the boys had a raised leg, the girls in a squat) with the words "good boy" or "good girl" above them.

After dinner, we trotted across the street to the Apple store and I bought the iD green version of my iPad's flip cover.  Yes.  I am that big of a dork.  I'm glad that Jane will be sporting the company color for camp.

My aunt lives in Hemet, CA which was about another 30 minutes worth of driving away.  By the time we got back to her house it was around 9 PM (midnight for my body) and I quickly gave in to the jet lag.

Day 2 -

It's been largely uneventful day, but I did make my pilgrimage to IN-N-OUT Burger.  Which is, you know, super important.

Best fast food burger in the world.

One of the things that I like about IN-N-OUT, besides it being delicious (the food is always fresh – never ever frozen), is that it's got a little bit of a secret society going on.  The regular display menu is really simple.  There's only four things on the menu besides shakes and soda.  But if you know the magic words, you can get all sorts of tasty treats.  There are other hidden goodies in the world of IN-N-OUT, but I won't give you all of them :)

We wrapped up the day with a nice long walk through the golf course in my aunt's community.

The view from the golf course.