Today was day one of the American College of Physician’s annual meeting in San Diego. The ACP does a great job of providing excellent and timely lectures. By timely I don’t just mean important up to date information but when they say they are starting at 7:00 AM they don’t mean 7:01. Yes I got up early this morning to hear about “How to Prevent Kidney Stones”. For those of you who have been following this blog for a while you are aware that I had a stone. We received some great information. Unfortunately the lecturer didn’t tell us what to do if you suffer your stone 85 miles from the nearest hospital while located in “What’s the name of this town”, Texas bordering on “Please get me out of here”, Mexico (like I did).
After learning about kidney stones I went to a lecture about “Travel Medicine”. I know what you are thinking now, “His next course will probably be, “How to Write a Blog”. No, actually that one was full so I went to hear a “Cardiology Update” instead.
The convention is very well run. Our hotel is attached to the convention center so it could not be more convenient. They have people all around holding signs that say, “Ask Me” which is very helpful when you are looking for your next classroom. They also have an information booth with restaurant information (See below).
Who needs this when we have our own personal concierge. When looking for a great place to eat why bother asking the hotel or convention people. They don’t know us, they don’t know what we like. Instead all we have to do is contact our daughter, Lindsay. She is amazing at finding the best restaurants. When we traveled with her in England and Ireland she would find us great places to eat. Tonight she found us Eddie V’s Prime Seafood. This was a perfect place after all the horrors I listened to today regarding red meat. The place was fantastic. It was very convenient (We walked there from our hotel). They had live music (always a treat) and the food was superb. Patrice enjoyed the halibut and I had swordfish (see below).
Traveling is so much fun when you have your own concierge. A mere text between meetings and not only do you get an excellent restaurant recommendation you also get reservations. We are a couple of lucky travelers.
That’s all for now. I have a 7:00 AM class tomorrow and need to get to bed. Why does 7:00 AM seem to come sooner on vacation?
Robert
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