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This bear flies private

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Today, we just decided to fly to San Francisco for a day trip.  Mostly because it was basically free thanks to a Jetsmarter free trial.

We pulled up to the Atlantic Private Aviation terminal, where I chilled out in the lounge.

Shortly after, our pilot came into the lounge and it was time to board our plane, a Bombardier Challenger 300.  This is a 8 seat, $17.4M jet, and our flight was operated by XOJets.

The flight wasn’t too crowded.  There was our group, plus two other passengers.  I got comfortable right away.

Today I met Puppy for the first time.  Puppy’s Linda’s dog bud.  It might have been his first time flying private.

Given that it wasn’t MY first time around the block, I gave him some pointers.  I even sat with him, you know, being a helpful bear and all.

This is the way I should always roll.  You got that, Nicholas?

This thing about Lighthouses…and a wedding

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This weekend we went to Paso Robles to see my bud’s friends, Kurt and Devon get married.

That’s them.

My bud and Pokin cheered them on.

It was my first time to Paso Robles. I didn’t actually realize there was wine country south of Napa. I guess I’ve been ignorant!

After their wedding, it was time to head up to San Francisco for some meetings.  Along the way, Pokin wanted to see some castle.  It was ok.

Hearst Castle is this crazy building built by the founder of the Hearst Media empire.  Apparently he was inspired on a trip to Europe an wanted to build his very own castle in the middle of nowhere, California. It start as a bungalow apparently. Then scope creep happened. It got big. And ridiculous. Now it’s a tourist attraction.

Onward to SF.

Nicholas’ mom really likes lighthouses. I don’t get it, but we went to see one anyway. Here it is.

After that we stayed at a random hotel which was entirely unremarkable until I saw they made me a bear size throne. Nicholas said it was too big for me, but he just doesn’t understand.

This is the perfect throne for me to grow into.

That Pokémon Go Fad

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This week I’m in San Francisco.  We’re here for Casual Connect.  It’s because a bear’s gotta stay on top of the industry if a bear’s to keep his investment returns safe and sound.  So we’re checking out the talks and meeting partners.

Even though we drove here, Nicholas decided that we would walk 40 minutes through Japantown and the Tenderloin to the conference every morning.  Reason for that? Pokémon Go.

Pokémon Go is this game where you walk around to collect and capture creatures, and everywhere we went, hordes of people were playing the game. Hordes like 40 million daily users.

Find a landmark?  See a bunch of people.

See this?  Not pictured : that my bud was standing in a circle with about 20 other people doing basically the same thing.

Addicts.

Sumi bear watching Pokemon Go addicts (2 of 2)

Only saving grace is that we came across some bear scaffolding during our walks.

Sumi bear watching Pokemon Go addicts (1 of 2)

That’s right, I’m the pillar of strength that holds us all up.  Bud, take note.

Leaving out important details on long road trips

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Yesterday Nicholas told me we were going on a road trip to San Francisco.

He neglected to inform me it was a trip to clear out a storage unit, and that car space would be questionable.

He also neglected to inform me of the possibility that the probability of riding in a styrofoam container would be higher than 0%.

This would not be the way I recommend anyone travel by car.

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Least of all myself.