We’ve had lots of fun chatting with folks from all over the world.  Kim Plumley, my beautiful assistant for today, and I agree that the firefighters from Trinidad and Tobago were our favorite for the day.  Carolyn had a young officer from Ireland tell her she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen last night, so that made her day!  Tomorrow we’ll be taking a camera and seeing how many photos we can get.

The SportzGemz are starting to get noticed.  It often takes a bit for people to “get” the concept. The heat is helping us!  We all expect to sweat buckets when we’re working hard on the field, the court or at the rink, but not so much when we’re walking down the street.   Hotels rooms, after the shoes are removed at night and with all that smelly sports equipment are not the nicest places to be.  People are looking for a solution and we have it for them.

We’re also having tons of fun playing Toss the Rocks!  Toss a Diva Diamondz in a square and you can win a pair of Diva Diamondz, a pair of Gentlemen Gems or a print by Bill Reid, courtesy of Metopolis at Metrotown, our neighbour.  People are stopping to play.  It’s fun.  We’ve also been handing out Freezies to the “hot” athletes and they seem to appreciate that.

More later.

“Last fall soccer season, after 10 practices with 2 of them in the rain – my child’s brand new soccer shoes smelled so bad I could not stand to be in the same car with them! After the investment I had made in these shoes, I was desperate to find a solution so my daughter and her shoes could be let in the house again! We found a solution, and such a good one that the Crew Juniors Soccer Club is making this product available for sale to all players. A portion of the proceeds from every sale of will go to the Grand Rapids Crew Juniors Scholarship Fund.”

Greg Kwiatkowski, Grand Rapds, Michigan
Email Me for more info!

You can also contact Greg at the above address if you would like to carry SportzGemz in your store!

Joel Shaver, Sports Traders – Salt Spring Island, BC