Hope you enjoyed your stay in OC - that's my fav (and only) vacation spot as well, go done there to play golf with buddies a few times a year.
This bit is very true:
Restaurants serve portions far too large as well.
I had breakfast at a little diner down the street on Sat. morning, waffles, a rare treat since I douse them in butter and syrup - I could barely finish one of the massive waffles and had to throw out the 2nd one - left wishing they had a kid's breakfast waffle serving of only one. I don't care how hungry I was, I could never consume two of those things! Same thing goes for many other types of entrees when I eat out - almost always get two meals out of one "serving" - bigger is not better, and it's wasteful as hell - I forget what the stat is, but Americans throw out enough food every day to feed a massive amount of the ROW.