A potentially super poignant stop at the 1618 Something Different vintage furniture store tonight during Jingle Eve in the Ivanhoe Village 🎄 Ms. Sandy came in singing to the bear for sale at the front of the store -- The Bear (Bare?) Necessities -- and I liked it so much I requested a replay. ↩ Voila. 🎶 But moments after, as I looked upon the stuffed creature she serenaded, I wondered: IS this THE BEAR, the one & same I toted in the past across Park Avenue to Central Park to pose with marching bands from Notre Dame, FSU and others during the Battle of the Bands❔ 🎷 His fur was so sun-bleached across most of him . . . except where he would have been wearing that Southern Tide polo, that Lacoste T, something celebrating Winter Park. ❤ Maybe. 🐻 Quite possibly. ⏳ Time does not drag, but marches on. 🥂 One day we are here, and the next we are reflecting back upon it. 👀 Cheers to fun, interesting and engaging types like Ms. Sandy . . . and, yes, Downeast Bear . . . for positively helping to mark Local time for me, so many others. ⏰ Happy Holidays. 👍🏻 Make them worth remembering. . . . #iluvwinterpark #iluvparkavenue #1618SomethingDifferent #ivanhoevillage #iluvlolo #ivanhood #DowneastParkAve #DowneastBear #MissSandy #drag #dragquuen #happyholidays #jingleeve #jingleeve2017 #winterparkfl #orlando #OrlandoIsWonderful (at 1618 Something Different)