The "Don't You Have A Jeweler?" Story

It was an ordinary day. We had just come back from having lunch at Chesapeake City. Carol and I stopped in "Dragonfly" where I have some of my photographs for sale. We were greeted by Jennifer, the owner" who introduced us to her parents. Seems that they enjoy traveling the Caribbean as much as Carol and I do and had just come back from a trip to St. Martin. We got to talking about all the things we both enjoy doing while on the island and then Jennifer's mom asked Carol, "Who do you have as a jeweler on the island?" Wow! Didn't know you need one. I can't quite remember Carol's response, but we passed on to other subjects. upon leaving the store Carol said to me, "Well, I guess I'm going to have to get me a jeweler when we go on our next trip." And she did!! Just got back recently from St. Martin and on one of the many days that it rained or was cloudy, we traveled to the Dutch capital of Philipsburg and walked up and down Front Street for something to do. I happened, by mistake, to mention to her that DK Gems, which was the next store on our walk, was the favorite jewelry store of most of the members of TravelTalkOnline (TTOL), a travel forum the I read all the time. In the store we went and after the diamond necklace we purchased from the male employee, "Vicki", we now had a jeweler. Simple as that!! "Wow, I can't believe we didn't have a jeweler before now," I said to her. "Just lucky we found one you liked." I must admit that Jeff Mohnani, who is part owner with his sister Deepti and Raj and Kamal, was very interesting to talk to while Carol looked at all the jewels in the store. He is a certified Gemologist who, after mentioned that I read about him all the time on TTOL, treated us like family and allegedly gave us a great price. I must admit that I felt comfortable making a purchase from him and I'm sure he will be our jeweler in the future. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - photo of LDub, Carol and Jeff in DK Gems.