{"id":46,"date":"2009-02-03T03:31:45","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T08:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tucsongemshow.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/02\/03\/hangin-with-a-special-friend\/"},"modified":"2009-02-03T03:31:45","modified_gmt":"2009-02-03T08:31:45","slug":"hangin-with-a-special-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/2009\/02\/03\/hangin-with-a-special-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Hangin With A Special Friend&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/SYc6qGghIDI\/AAAAAAAABLA\/kaYFYNL0PPU\/s1600-h\/smstoneheader2.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/tucsongemshow.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/baa34_smstoneheader2.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>I was doing my rounds hitting the shows and got a call from Szarka of Magpie Gemstones (<a href=\"http:\/\/magpiegemstones.com\/\">http:\/\/magpiegemstones.com\/<\/a>) &#8211; she said her husband (Gibby) had just hit town&#8230;why don&#8217;t I give him a call!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We met up at the Gem &amp; Lapidary Wholesalers (G&amp;LW) Show at the Grant Inn (formerly the Quality Inn\/Rodeway Inn). This was good because I probably would never have made time for this show as it is not difficult to find G&amp;LW shows (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.glwshows.com\/\">http:\/\/www.glwshows.com\/<\/a>) around the country&#8230;.and there are at least 5 G&amp;LW show locations at the Tucson Gem Show.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>When pulling up to the parking area the outside vendors are mostly Southwest rugs, baskets and ceramics &#8211; but on the inside ring around the pool area there are some really impressive dealers.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/SYc71gBUnaI\/AAAAAAAABLI\/dKzE2tOIMDE\/s1600-h\/000_0016.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/tucsongemshow.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/baa34_000_0016.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I purchased some beautiful Dino Bone Beads while Gibby was wheeling and dealing on some really beautiful turquoise! Wait until you see what he bought for the shop!!! YUMMY stuff!!!!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He introduced me to a wonderful dealer &#8211; you should definately look him up if he is at the G&amp;LW Show in your area. Stephen Mauldin Stone Co. (<a href=\"http:\/\/stephenmauldinstone.com\/\">http:\/\/stephenmauldinstone.com\/<\/a>) carries some of the nicest beads I have seen so far&#8230;and he has Turquoise is several flavors (Nacozari, Castle Dome, Fox). The thing that sets this vendor apart is that with your purchase he signs a &#8220;Guarantee of Authenticity&#8221; so you can shop with confidence. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I got an iguana carving from him to give as a gift to Gem Carver Martha Borzoni (<a href=\"http:\/\/differentseasonsjewelry.com\/\">http:\/\/differentseasonsjewelry.com\/<\/a>) AKA Jessica Dow&#8217;s mother.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>One of Gibby&#8217;s favorite dealers at this location is a jewelry designer named John Huntress&#8230;just across the lawn from Mauldin.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>So you are all probably asking &#8211; where are the photos we want to see Gibby &#8211; well &#8211; he agreed to pose for a photo&#8230;.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/SYc8NgrGPLI\/AAAAAAAABLQ\/mH2EOSmzJzs\/s1600-h\/000_0019.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/tucsongemshow.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/86d09_000_0019.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was doing my rounds hitting the shows and got a call from Szarka of Magpie Gemstones (http:\/\/magpiegemstones.com\/) &#8211; she said her husband (Gibby) had just hit town&#8230;why don&#8217;t I give him a call! We met up at the Gem &amp; Lapidary Wholesalers (G&amp;LW) Show at the Grant Inn (formerly the Quality Inn\/Rodeway Inn). This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}