For 30 years, I was a newspaper woman, expressing myself in words and ideas that were published on newsprint, not exactly a permanent medium. My stories are filed in newspaper clips in boxes and in cyberspace. They are accessible only if you know how to get to them. They are ephemeral. However much daily journalism is considered fishwrap, it was an opportunity for a naturaly snoopy cuss such as I, to ask rude questions of absolute strangers and get answers.
In the 30-plus years I worked deadline, I covered everything from entertainment and politics to fashion and beauty. My job took me to Washington for the Clinton Inaugural, to Paris for the couture shows, to New York for days on end of watching movies and interviewing their stars; to Georgia in the rain where a caravan of political reporters followed the candidates around as they slogged through the red clay roads and to Vegas. Yeah, Vegas. Where I stayed for a week learning that the city wasn't just the Strip. I think I fell in love with the open skies, mountains and endless stretches of desert and swore that if I could, I would live there.
I stepped out of daily journalism in Jaunary, 2002, and moved to Las Vegas where something wonderfuol happened. I discovered a new creative outlet -- making jewelry. Here I am dealing with the physical maniafestation of a creative idea, an idea combining color, texture, sparkle. The pieces I make are tangible expressions of my imagination. They are beautiful . And they are lasting.
My father was a jeweler. The apple, as they say, didn't fall too far from the tree. I work in gemstone and semi-precious stone beads, combined with something sparkly -- Swarovski crystal -- and something equally as precious, metals such as Sterling silver, 18k and 14k gold and vermeil. I named my business CynCity Design, a play on my name, and a tribute to my former newspaper column, Cyn City, which ran ifor nearly five years in the Hearst-owned San Francisco Examiner.
My father was a jeweler. The apple, as they say, didn't fall too far from the tree. I work in gemstone and semi-precious stone beads, combined with something sparkly -- Swarovski crystal -- and something equally as precious, metals such as Sterling silver, 18k and 14k gold and vermeil. I named my business CynCity Design, a play on my name, and a tribute to my former newspaper column, Cyn City, which ran ifor nearly five years in the Hearst-owned San Francisco Examiner.
If you like the CynCity Design creations, they are available for sale. The posted prices do not include tax, postage and insurance. My company takes MasterCard, Visa and American Express. We also do custom work, reworking old bead necklaces into modern, wearable pieces. To reach us, we are at: cyngems@gmail.com.
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