{"id":5456,"date":"2021-07-07T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=5456"},"modified":"2021-07-07T12:28:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:28:20","slug":"needed-vacational-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2021\/07\/07\/needed-vacational-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Needed: Vacational Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;GPB-Bank-Local-Banner&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;114px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;17px||2px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;off&#8221; author=&#8221;off&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.2&#8243; meta_font=&#8221;|700|on||||||&#8221; meta_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#ff0000&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;Georgia|700||on|||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; title_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; title_font_size_phone=&#8221;31px&#8221; title_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Georgia|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-5px||0px||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">We head to Idaho for R&#038;R and spuds<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>I<\/span> recently took my first real vacation in almost 14 years. I went to Idaho\u2014home to crystalline lakes, emerald parks, easygoing people and apparently, excellent potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>I say \u201capparently\u201d because the only time during my trip I had one it had been hashed to within an inch of its life to accompany a breakfast so large it would have intimidated even a deprived timber wolf. Ergo, in a spirit of fairness, I disqualified it from competition but hope for a rematch. <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Yes-Deer.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Edgy Cartoon&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Yes-Deer&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;93%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;95%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;95%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-16px||||false|false&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Yes. Deer.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>While I could go on for days about the genuine thrills of seeing a large gray fox scamper down the road alongside my rental car, as though daring me to race, and deer the size of SUVs dining in the front yard of the home where I was a guest, the things that stick with me about the trip are a mixed carry-on bag: travel itself.<\/p>\n<p>1.TSA. I\u2019ve read that in Israel, highly trained military people watch passengers coming into and leaving airport terminals. They conduct neither universal body scans-and pat-downs nor destructive suitcase searches. They simply know what to look for.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., most TSA personnel appear to be working considerably beyond their skill sets or pay grades. Some revel in their temporary power, making us feel like blithering idiots for not knowing our keys go in one container and laptops in another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The shoe removal mandate\u2014prompted by exactly one individual whose attempt to smuggle an explosive device onto a plane several years back seemed like an outtake from an episode of \u201cGet Smart\u201d\u2014is a kind of peekaboo requirement: If you\u2019re at least 75 years old or a little kid, you don\u2019t have to remove your Cobbie Cuddlers or Weeboks, respectively. I understand this in the case of the tot but why aren\u2019t you considered a potential terrorist just because you\u2019ve been a member of AARP for a quarter of a century? \u201cGeezer\u201d and \u201canarchist\u201d aren\u2019t antonyms.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, after removing your belt, shoes, glasses and outer garment, and making it through the X-ray chamber, which resembles a vertical MRI machine, you feel the need to scramble to reassemble yourself. The airlines don\u2019t exactly provide a comfort area in which to do so. Usually, it\u2019s just a bench a few feet from the conveyor belt from which you\u2019ve madly plucked your carry-on bag and the contents of your emptied pockets. And for some reason, as you redress and put yourself back together, you hurry. This leads me to #2.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>2.VELOCITY. Even after barnstorming our way through the indignities of the TSA employees\u2019 frowning and fondling, why do we feel compelled to Olympic Power-Walk our way to the gate from which we\u2019ll emplane in an hour or more?<\/p>\n<p>And why do we secretly suspect once we sit down that if we get up and go to the bathroom, our flight will depart without us, our carry-on luggage will be posted on eBay and the airport itself will shut down? <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Amazon Banner &#8211; Limited Time TEXT&#8221; module_class=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/3gWGm5p&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Actor||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#EDF000&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Actor||||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#E09900&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;35px&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#E09900&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#101600&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;radial&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;25px|25px|25px|25px|true|true&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/3w29oqO&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_style_all=&#8221;dashed&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_module=&#8221;5299&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">UNLIMITED ACCESS TO 70 MILLION SONGS.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Free for 30 days. Cancel anytime<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/36d59NA\">Click here to get offer.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;endingG&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>And why do we constantly jump up to go check the nearest monitor of arrivals and departures? Do they really change those that often?<\/p>\n<p>TRAFFIC CONTROLLER #1: Gate 18 is so, like, 2019. Let\u2019s send the plane to Gate 45.<\/p>\n<p>TRAFFIC CONTROLLER #2: That\u2019s on the other side of the airport! All these passengers are going to have to run like cheetahs on amphetamines to catch their flight!<\/p>\n<p>TRAFFIC CONTROLLER #1: Your point being\u2026? (They both begin to giggle malevolently)<\/p>\n<p>TRAFFIC CONTROLLER #2: Man, I am soooo glad I transferred here from TSA!<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||0px|false|false&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;About Ed&#8221; module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px||true|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A former daily columnist for the Sacramento Business Journal, as well as monthly columnist for Sacramento Magazine and Comstock\u2019s Business Magazine, he\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3jUELxM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">author<\/a> of five books, two plays and one musical (so far).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(173,135,0,0.11)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||32px|||&#8221; top_divider_color=&#8221;#b08a0f&#8221; top_divider_height=&#8221;56px&#8221; top_divider_flip=&#8221;vertical&#8221; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#b08a0f&#8221; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;50px&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;6px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#02528f&#8221; border_style_all=&#8221;double&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset7&#8243; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#02528f&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;7px||19px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;PT Serif Caption|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#00518e&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;6vw&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;2px||9px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||2px|||&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;8vw&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;10vw&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes, Virginia<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;PT Sans Caption||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-7px||11px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Weekly Blog by Virginia Varela<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;PT Sans Narrow|300|on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#b08a0f&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">President and CEO, Golden Pacific Bank<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Virginia_3_sm.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Virginia_3_sm&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-16px||||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>photo by Phoebe Verkouw<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et-dropcap3\">Y<\/span>ears ago, Andy Warhol famously said, &#8220;In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.&#8221; The saying caught on and was condensed to \u201cEverybody has 15 minutes of fame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m blessed in my lifetime to have had my share of the spotlight for 15 minutes many times over. Pride and fame can be serious to the ego and even detrimental. The real goal is to be clear about who you are and what you\u2019re all about, so the spotlight just becomes some icing on the cake of life and doesn\u2019t drive or define your view of your self-worth.<\/p>\n<p>A special moment in my lifetime happened like this: Malcolm Hotchkiss, my banker co-worker and, full disclosure, husband, successfully ran United Business Bank as President\/CEO for over 20 years, sold the bank, and after a few short years of continued growth the company, called BayCom Corp., became publicly traded in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>When standing in Times Square in New York, chatting with coworkers, I suddenly looked up and saw my husband and me appear on the Nasdaq jumbotron. Appearing there is sort of a rite of passage for a successful businessperson, a corporate blessing that says a company you are a part of has reached a pinnacle of success.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/new-york-nasdaq.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;new york nasdaq&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>I was there when the BayCom CEO George Guarini rang the Nasdaq bell. There&#8217;s something childlike and simple about ringing a bell when something significant has been accomplished. 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