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« on: November 27, 2007, 09:52:26 PM »
OMG, I went to the Smithsonian and took mucho pics of the Hope diamond - they have it rotating inside the glass case so the amazing sparkles are coming off under the direct lighting - it is AMAZING!  Here's a few of the pics I took.
And here's one of my son and some other kids at the LIVE insect petting zoo...I love the looks on the kids faces.  The boys are delighted, the girl...not so sure.  Meet the Hissing Madagascar African Cockroach, ick!
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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2007, 09:59:29 PM »
We might like the roach if he was encrusted with black diamonds. 


I forgot about the ROACH BROACH from America's Next Top Model!!!! 

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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2007, 10:05:13 PM »
The Hope diamond is AMAZING!  Supposedly the last owner used to let her great dane wear it. 
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« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2007, 10:11:48 PM »
It was given to the Smithsonian by Harry Winston.
That was my idea, when I worked there. Evil

I'm sure we can do a little tracing and find out some more if it's history...
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« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2007, 10:26:00 PM »
OK...it was that crazy lady that owned it in the 20's. 
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2007, 10:37:01 PM »
Here we go...

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"She wore it swimming; she wore it one time when she was having an operation – a serious operation!" adds columnist Sarah Booth Conroy. "She wore it on a roller coaster; fishing in the icy north; just about every place you can imagine. She was supposed to have put it on her Great Dane; the Great Dane would wear it on his collar. She liked to shock people, you know, she liked to surprise them."
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2007, 11:33:26 PM »
You were about 2 hours from me on that day....check out Baltimore sometime, there is a nice collection of antique jewelry..
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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2007, 12:36:23 AM »
OMG! I was just talking about this diamond in another thread!

 director director DANGIT IHADP! You were 15 min from me!!!
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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2007, 12:36:51 AM »
Great pics btw!!
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2007, 03:00:11 AM »
Quote from: GIAGirl on November 27, 2007, 10:05:13 PM
The Hope diamond is AMAZING!  Supposedly the last owner used to let her great dane wear it. 

Woof !woof!   Oh dear too late the Smithsonian owns it now. 
Thanks for the pictures the bug one is terrific the boy so proud of having a bug in his hand and the girl .... well you just have to look at her.
That jewel encrusted bug deserves a special mention on the fugly thread.
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« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2007, 07:58:51 AM »
Jewel encrusted roach, ROFL!

This trip was a pre-DBL trip, or you bet I'd have been swinging by a few key locations on the East Coast to visit, EMJ, Snoop, WM... !!!

I used to live in Roanoke, and then Richmond (Midlothian actually, in Brandermill) for a long time. 

BR aren't you in Clt?  I was born and was half raised in Hickory and still call that my home base.  I miss the East Coast!  My DB is in Roanoke on business right now and it got me all nostalgic even before this thread.  Oh, those fall drives on the Blue Ridge parkway...gorgeous.
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« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2007, 08:38:46 AM »
Quote from: Diamondsbylauren on November 27, 2007, 10:11:48 PM
It was given to the Smithsonian by Harry Winston.
That was my idea, when I worked there. Evil




Worked where?  Smithsonian or Harry Winston?
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« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2007, 01:13:58 PM »
One of these days, David will have to give us the long winded story of when he worked at Winston!!! Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2007, 01:52:05 PM »
Yep I am about 35 miles outside of Charlotte!
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« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2007, 04:52:27 PM »
I saw the Hope Diamond when I was about 10 yeas old during my first visit to Washington DC.  I think that it was the only thing I photographed other than landmarks like the White House, Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. Funny, the diamond still stands out in my mind today.  I remember being really frustrated that the glass display case was "in the way." I suppose, since I'm not too far away nowadays that I should go and visit again...
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