Regardless of the circumstances, its is always a sad day when an institution like "Jewels" closes its doors. I am sure that over the course of their business life, many thousands of hobbiests and dozens of providers interacted with and through them. Several of the gals learned the biz and have spun off their own competing services. Others have left in a blaze of fire and controversy and still others have faded away into obscurity, never to be heard from again. There is now a gap, an opportunity, waiting to be taken advantage of. It will be. Its a business and nothing lasts forever. One can analyze it to try and determine why, but it does not change things. To Jewel and Evie, we can only wish them well and thank them and their staff for the memories. To those who follow after, we will patronize them, review them, and either make them or break them. That is the life of the hobbiest.
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