[Pearlgully]

Originally Posted by Nerida

First step - Weitang
Second step - Zhuji
Third step - Lombok
Fourth step - Broome
Fifth step - Josh's farm
Sixth step - Guaymas, Mexico
7th step - NZ
8th step - Bahrain (?).

9th - Tucson
10th - Hong Kong
11th - Philippines
12th - French Polynesia (As in Bora Bora and Moorea!)


Gail

[Nerida]

And of course (us foreigners) will have to stop in at PP when we all fly in to LA en route to Tuscon.. this trip will definitely send us to debtors prison rather than rehabilitate us from our pearl addiction...

[pattye]

There is no cure for Pearl or Ice Cream Addiction------

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[barbie biggs]

Originally Posted by Mikeyy

They should offer a twelve step program to break pearl addiction.

Why? What would be the point?
barbie

[Mikeyy]

Originally Posted by barbie biggs

Why? What would be the point?
barbie

Only for those going upside down financially. I would bet there are others here who can attest that there are people who are actually addicted to pearls. I have a friend who owns a couple of shops. He tells me about customers who can't get enough. Any windfall is an excuse for another pearl. LOL Some of them probably visit this site.

[gravityalwayswins]

Mikeyy hit it perfectly for me. I'm the family accountant. I have to get everything else paid for, including retirement accounts, etc., before I can think about sparklies! It is SOOOOO hard! I can only imagine how bad it would be if I didn't force myself to behave [most of the time tehe].

I'll second Nerida's point of PP being on the list. I think that would be a lot more fun than some of the shows - no rabid crowds of rude or clueless shoppers - just a small group of sparklie fans and maybe Octavia to make sure we all behave. Plus, I bet for a realllly sweet request and a drink or two on my tab, they might just let me try on that double strand of GSS's!!!

[barbie biggs]

Mikeyy
You know...an alcoholic doesn't love any human as much as they love their bottle.
Here, there is kindness, and great beauty. We rejoice in each others good fortune. No one hurts anyone (at least not on purpose) (see no denial her/but I believe that too).
How can a pearl hurt anyone? Yeah okay, a little dent in the budget here and there. Sell the house.
But, what the heck. I knew a guy in college who literally lived in his Porsche. It was a great car.

This is like the alcoholic isn't it? The person who buys pearls even though it takes food out of the children's mouths. Who hides the purchases from the family and continues to buy even when the house payment is late. The person whose need to possess the pearls drives them to deny to themselves the damage they are doing to those who love and depend on them.

But pearls require a little bit better lifestyle. Who knows anyone who wears an $80,000.00 strand of WSS's that lives under a bridge? In our society here, we encourage each other to be better. We look for the best that we can see in each other and show it to each other andthe best part is we all respond to this and try to be the best that we can be.


barbie

My advisor said that he thought certain aspects of pearling were too commercial for me to do my dissertation on. Maybe this is an area I could look in to.

[barbie biggs]

Sorry everybody. Hit the key twice. Like I don't talk enough to start with.
barbie

[GemGeek]

Did someone say ICE CREAM??? I think eating ice cream and wearing pearls would pretty much make my day -- any day!

[Mikeyy]

Originally Posted by barbie biggs

Mikeyy
You know...an alcoholic doesn't love any human as much as they love their bottle.
Here, there is kindness, and great beauty. We rejoice in each others good fortune. No one hurts anyone (at least not on purpose) (see no denial her/but I believe that too).
How can a pearl hurt anyone? Yeah okay, a little dent in the budget here and there. Sell the house.
But, what the heck. I knew a guy in college who literally lived in his Porsche. It was a great car.

This is like the alcoholic isn't it? The person who buys pearls even though it takes food out of the children's mouths. Who hides the purchases from the family and continues to buy even when the house payment is late. The person whose need to possess the pearls drives them to deny to themselves the damage they are doing to those who love and depend on them.

But pearls require a little bit better lifestyle. Who knows anyone who wears an $80,000.00 strand of WSS's that lives under a bridge? In our society here, we encourage each other to be better. We look for the best that we can see in each other and show it to each other andthe best part is we all respond to this and try to be the best that we can be.


barbie

My advisor said that he thought certain aspects of pearling were too commercial for me to do my dissertation on. Maybe this is an area I could look in to.

LOL Some of us horde them. I have never sold a pearl in my life. I have given piles of them away over the years however. I am on this site trying to figure out how to get money for some of them. Commercial? I've been operating a charity.

[gravityalwayswins]

Originally Posted by Mikeyy

LOL Some of us horde them. I have never sold a pearl in my life. I have given piles of them away over the years however. I am on this site trying to figure out how to get money for some of them. Commercial? I've been operating a charity.

Oooh - now there's a promising idea: a PG Yards sale. (That would be yards of pearls, of course. har har har) Hmm.....

[Mikeyy]

Has anyone here ever attended SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY FAIR?

[Nerida]

Not me - when is it on?

[Mikeyy]

It looks like Sept. I like the location. But I hadn't heard of it until today. I noticed a company I have dealt with before has a couple of booths.


http://www.newayfairs.com/zij/index.htm