newportbeachindy . com NOVEMBER 11 , 2022 11
STEPPING OUT
Sunset Jazz at Bayside Hosts Final Two Concerts Nov . 15 and 29
Billy Valentine ( left ) and Sherry Williams perform Nov . 15 at the Sunset Jazz concert at Bayside Restaurant
By Christopher Trela | NB Indy
Jazz fans know the place to be on Thursday and Friday nights is Bayside Restaurant in Newport Beach , but this month you can add two Tuesdays to your schedule because the producers of the very successful Sunset Jazz at Bistango summer series , Joe Rothman and John Mc-
Clure , are continuing to present their special nights of dining and music featuring some of today ’ s most popular jazz and cabaret artists .
These intimate concerts take place in Bayside Restaurant ’ s Main Dining Room on Nov . 15 and 29 .
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courses by the Gemological Institute to learn all about , naturally , gems . As she worked her way into the retail world , she learned that the global wholesale jewelry market was a male-dominated , handshake business : no sales contracts required or expected .
“ Everything in the diamond business is trust and reputation ,” Weiler revealed . “ Abuse that , and you would get dropped from the system .”
In that system , a gem was “ lent ” to her for sale , and she would pay back the gem vendor before taking any profit for herself . It was true in 1995 ; it ’ s true today . She never disappointed .
As there was inviolable trust within the trade , likewise , that trust extended to customers , mostly female , who shared more secrets than one would find in a Danielle Steele romance novel . Those secrets included scandals , double marriages , affairs , children ’ s ’ problems and deep emotional accounts .
There is a book waiting to be scribed by Weiler , who is qualified to write one , having earned a Communications undergraduate degree from USC , where she also was named a Presidential Scholar .
Royal Jewelers ’ clients ranged from the phenomenally wealthy to those less affluent needing to pay on time to sustain the look they wanted and needed . In common , they all shared a love for unique jewelry , and their
reasons for buying spanned the realm of imagination .
Arguably the funniest purchase was also her biggest sale : a near-perfect , eight carat diamond to a local financier , who bought it for himself simply because he wanted a diamond larger than the behemoth stone he had bought for his wife . His pinky virtually shone in the dark without a light source . Today , the elderly wife now sports it ; their daughters are arguing over it .
Closing her successful store is bittersweet for Weiler . The world has changed , in some part due to the Covid pandemic ; in other ways , because of a recent and traumatic robbery that underscores the risk in the jewelry industry ; and the inflationary costs just to keep the doors open .
Perhaps most importantly , Weiler says she hasn ’ t enjoyed a real vacation in three decades . Despite her natural high energy , she ’ s tired and wants to try something else . TBA , as they say in product marketing : To Be Announced
What does this mean for her loyal customers ? An incredible clearance sale beginning Tuesday , Nov . 8 , in which all merchandise has been marked down 30 to 70 percent .
And what will glisten when that last diamond has been sold ?
Tears of sadness at leaving one ’ s friends , lifestyle and the business she lovingly built ; tears of joy at the new discoveries in her new future .
Visit https :// www . royal-jewelers . com .
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