GEMS IS A STORE THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO CRY TEARS OF JOY!  THEY CARRY THE ILLEST SHOES AROUND FROM ALEXANDER MCQUEEN PUMAS, TIMBERLAND ABINGTONS, TO CLAES.  THIS IS NOT JUST FOR GROWN FOLKS PEOPLE! JON AND KATIE HAVE PUT TOGETHER AN AMAZING SHOP, AND THIS HOLIDAY, THEY TURNED THIS SPOT INTO A CANDY SHOP AS WELL!!!  ZOTS, FRUITSTRIPES, FIREBALLS….ALL THE ILLY CANDY AROUND!  I DID SUGGEST “GRABBAGS” FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER PAYING  A DOLLAR TO THE ICECREAM MAN FOR THE MYSTERY THEY LIES WITHIN THOSE SPECIAL GREEN BAGS!  ANYHOW…TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICS AND STOP BY IN PIONEER SQUARE @ YESLER AND WESTERN…..EVERY 1ST THURSDAYS OF THE MONTH IS ART WALK, AND THEY DISPLAY SOME OF THE BEST ARTISTS IN THE NORTHWEST!!!