Welcome to the Jewelry District, a podcast by J.K., brought to you by the De Beers Institute of Diamonds.

Today, Rob Bates and Victoria Gimelski talk with Dave Bindra, Vice President of B&B Fine Gems.

Hey, everyone, welcome to the jewelry district. This is Victoria Gimelski, editor-in-chief of JCPC-K and J-C-K Online.com.

Calling in from Los Angeles, happy New Year, everyone.

And happy New Year to you, Rob.

I should...

Hi.

Thank you.

Happy New Year.

Rob Bates, news director of J-CK and J-CK Online.com.

You have a good new year?

I had a pretty mellow new year. And then it rained cats and dogs here

in L.A. It's been like you've probably seen the news. California is being slammed with all these

storms, which is a little unusual. But then New Year's Day cleared up and I took my son and my sister

and my mom and her dog and we all went up to the beaches in Santa Barbara, which was lovely.

Not to like lay out or anything ridiculous like that, but just a hangout.

So yeah, how about you?

How was your New Year?

I think it was pretty quiet, you know, just a couple with kids New Year.

Just kind of hang out.

Yeah, no, they get progressively more mellow as the years go on, sadly.

And also, I mean, by the time people are listening to this, it's going to be like mid-Jan.

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