It was your typical girl from Istanbul meets boy from Louisiana story. Timothy Gordy grew up the son of a jeweler - his mother, not his father. Gunes, grew up in Turkey and found herself in pre-law at the age of fifteen. They met when she came to America (alone) to attend school. She started at Louisiana State University, transferred to UC Berkeley, spent a little too much Timothye (and a little too much) at Lake Tahoe and ended up back in Louisiana. Visiting friends at Northeast Louisiana State, she met Timothy and the rest, as they say, is history.

And what a history.

Flash forward to 1993. Timothy opens his first shop out of their home in Healdsburg. Gunes, who had no training in jewelry, was fascinated by the design process at which Timothy excels, eventually becoming a full partner with her own unique knack for design. Finding it difficult keep a business going relying on friends and relatives as their customers (really, how many pinky rings does Aunt Betty need?) the home shop lasted less than a year. In 1994 they opened Gold Bloom Fine Jewelry on Matheson Avenue, at the site now occupied by Scout.

Gold Bloom's present Center Street location has its own historical significance, having served as local headquarters for FDR's 1944 re-election campaign. Moving there in 2000, Timothy and Gunes renewed their commitment to creating and selling fine jewelry, uniting the best of old-world design traditions with the latest high tech resources. Today, Gold Bloom has established itself as an innovative industry leader, with the only certified staff gemologist in Sonoma County, as well as technological and laser-welding resources that only a handful of retail jewelers in the state can claim.