Ramble On Ron

Diamonds, Music and other Facets of Life

“Unfriend” is Named Word of the Year And I Invented It!

“Unfriend” was named the Word Of The Year by Oxford Dictionary.  And guess who broke it first?  That’s right, RambleOnRon will take credit for that one.  It was this blog post titled “Unfriended On Facebook – Compliment or Diss?” that got the attention of Wall Street Journal tech reporter Jessica Vascellaro.  She then interviewed me […]

Psycho Killers Tonight

Going to see Psycho Killers tonight. It’s pretty cool to see your buddies play in a band that rocks.  I have the privilege of frequent jams with lead guitar/vocalist Jon Wood and percussionist Mikey Barnstein. Check ’em out!

Large and Rare Colored Diamonds Are Still Strong

The US retail jewelry market is still a little weak, but the super high end/investment quality diamonds are very strong with both Christie’s and Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels Auctions doing very well in Geneva this week. From Diamonds.net: Sotheby’s Jewels: Jewels of historical significance garnered strong prices at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels sale, held in Geneva on November 17. […]

I Don’t Like The Redskins, But I Love Washington DC!

We just had our first Buying Event at White Flint Mall in Bethesda, MD.  It went very well.  We’ve cultivated a big following in DC though our website, with customers coming to our store from DC and Northern Virginia on a regular basis.  So we teamed up with my cousin, David Samuelson, who happens to […]

Introducing BaltimoreDiamonds.com!

We are so excited here at Samuelson’s to announce the launch of our new updated website, with a new URL, BaltimoreDiamonds.com. I want to thank our team for a job well done. David and Garth did a great job! You’ll notice a new homepage, history page, diamond specials link, and more. We have a little […]