Bloodtests and mammogram accomplished, we are now able to get on to other things. The doctor's office for the blood tests is here in town, but the hospital where the mammogram is done is in Fairfield, and thankfully, easy enough to find - it's right next door to the Anheiser-Busch Plant and just past the Jelly Belly Factory.... what a great location :>)
We made two important discoveries while we were out - a wonderful place for breakfast and a Thai restaurant. Since we had been fasting for the blood work, we had a late breakfast and didn't try the Thai restaurant, but it's close enough to home that we can get a Thai fix when we feel we need it. For breakfast we went to the Black Bear Diner. The decor is quaint - and as you might expect, lots of black bear stuff - even the menu is called the Black Bear Gazette and is printed on newsprint. Two lifesize stuffed bears are seated at a table just inside the entry. Like I said, lots of black bear stuff, but best of all, the food was delicious. It's located in Suisun City on Highway 12 and Sunset Avenue if anybody's out that way and wants a good meal.
After breakfast we had lots of time before the mammogram, so we went looking for a place to get an oil change for the Honda. Interestingly enough, we found a place, but they couldn't do the oil change - said their computer equipment wasn't set up for foreign cars. How much computer programming is needed to remove the plug from a little car, drain the oil, replace an oil filter, and add fresh oil? Weird. Computers should not be involved in life's simple little processes.
With that plan aborted, we decided to drive into downtown Vacaville. Some years ago when I sold ads for This Week publication and had the Fairfield/Vacaville territory, I got to know downtown Vacaville fairly well, but about the time I left the publication, the downtown area was in redevelopment. I wanted to see how that turned out. It was ok - not as cute and quaint as they could have made it, but nice enough. They didn't quite pull off having a firm identity like some of the towns in this area. They lost the quaintness when they allowed a WinCo supermarket to build right at the entrance to the downtown area. In other words, they didn't really preserve the "old California look." They have a nice plaza, a very modern looking senior center, and what appears to be a town hall building for concerts and other functions - but all had modern architecture. Some of the older buildings were preserved, but the old and new tended to neutralize the impact of each other.
Even after visiting Vacaville, we still were early for the mammogram and got lucky. They actually took me early. Can you imagine going to a medical facility and being taken early!!! That done, we headed back to Rio Vista and bought goodies to make hamburgers for dinner tonight. Although we've lived here nearly 3 months, we still haven't fired up the gas barbecue - tonight's the night. Hamburgers on the grill and Bush baked beans. Yum. We have several jalapenos and a fair amount of cilantro ready to harvest so we bought tomatoes and onions. Today we'll make pico de gallo mostly with home grown stuff. Our home grown tomatoes aren't ready yet, but they're coming along. One plant has several tomatoes and the other two plants are loaded with flowers.
Today's focus is to stay cool, call a washer repair person (the washer quit spinning) and make hamburgers. We need to make a trip to the clubhouse, but past that, it will be a leisurely day.
Love to all,
Corrie and Jim
mzcorrie@frontiernet.net
jmcrhoads@frontiernet.net
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