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Day 2 Recap of Dad 2.0 Summit 2017 – #Dad2Summit

Future Explorers
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During my Second Day at Dad 2.0 2017 I spent a lot of time talking. I started off with some breakfast and then headed to the opening keynote. After that I was walking around the marketplace and was asked if I wanted to take a test drive in a Kia Niro. The car was loaded up with cameras of all sorts plus a cameraman in the front passenger seat and an interviewer in the back seat. She asked me questions as I drove around La Jolla a bit. I enjoyed driving the car and had a fun time with the question and answer. I do love what Kia brings to the conference each year and doing the drive was so much fun.

I then went through the marketplace for a while and talked with a bunch of the sponsors. I was interviewed by Hero Clean, a new cleaning product service for men. They have a really nice product and message. I enjoyed talking with them and had a fun time doing the interview.

Much of the afternoon was a whirlwind. I went from sponsor to sponsor, session to session. At 3:00 I went to the Dove Men +Care Suite and got a haircut and goatee trim. The goatee trim was minimal but the haircut was as close to shaved as I could get it without actually shaving my head. One day I will go all the way, but not today.

After that I was interviewed by Josh Temple of HGTV, who was at the Rheem booth. It was a fun interview and I’ll have that to post soon.

In the later afternoon I talked to a few of the other dads who produce videos. We’re part of a Facebook group and I wanted to do a quick spotlight with them, just a small thing. You can find all of them in the video below. There are links out to all their channels.

Tonight was a special trip, thanks to General Mills Cereals, to Ballast Point Brewing company. We had an excellent dinner and then a tour of the brewery. They have some major brewing facilities. I did have their lager and enjoyed it very much. Desserts were Cereal Inspired desserts including a Cheerios and Trix Marshmallow bar and Cinnamon Toast Crunch Chocolate Truffles. Both were very good. Look for me to do more about General Mills closer to #NationalCerealDay, March 7th.

It was another nice day at Dad 2.0.

Photo-A-Day, Review, Technology, Vlog

I set out to #DiscoverKia at the Boston Auto Show Today

With the Kia HamStar Arlo
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I have been given compensation for this post by Kia Motors. However, opinions, as always are 100% my own.

I drive a Kia Forte. I enjoy it very much. I’ve driven many different Kia vehicles in the past few years and have also enjoyed them. One of the more recent Kia models that I drove was the Kia Optima. I lived that one the most, for me. For the family it was the Kia Sedona. Now there are some new Kia’s that will be hitting the dealerships soon including the new Niro and Stinger. While I did not get to see the Stinger today, it is only at Detroit show, I did get to see the Niro. This is a CUV and is is a hybrid crossover vehicle that is appearing at dealerships now or very, very soon. I liked the look of this vehicle and who knows, when my lease is up I may look toward leasing one of those. Although, what really has me excited is the Kia Stinger, it just looks so cool!

My day at the Boston Auto show was fun, my father and his friend came along with me. I ran from place to place taking photos and learning about the cars while they explored on their own for a bit. I went through the Kia vehicles and made a bunch of very short 360 videos of the interior of each car. I’m working on those and they will be on my YouTube channel soon. What is already on the channel is my video that I made today which features the Kia Niro.

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