Welcome to our spectacular annual blockbuster, the May preshow issue of JCK! Like the September Vogue, the issue can always be counted on to weigh down the bags of postal service workers around the country—and this year is no exception. We hope you enjoy the tremendous amount of editorial in the issue, and we hope your interest is piqued and your appetite whetted by the many pages of beautiful jewelry displayed by the advertisers. Feel free to tear out the advertisers’ pages you like and use them as a guide to find their booths at the JCK Las Vegas show, which opens May 31 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.As I look ahead to Vegas, I can’t help but look back at the months of work that have lead up to it. A recent highlight was a trip that, happily, has become a ritual: my annual return to Los Angeles to participate in the dinner/industry education event organized by the Los Angel