It changed a lot of at home, she said. And I was very. I am still very scared out of my mind to travel, but I am getting a little bit better with my short short flights. I can t I can t imagine traveling internationally.
Goodwin said the start of the pandemic quickly changed everything for her business.
“The beginning of that business around the beginning of the pandemic was scary,” she said. “You just got all these emails about all your favorite [art] shows stopping or, you know, people not knowing what to do because we didn t know anything about what was going on. So then you see that and then you see people canceling little by little. And then all the emails where the show was canceled until 2021. And when you already have your income projected for the year, it s very scary. You don t have any income.”
Like many, Alicia Goodwin’s business during the coronavirus pandemic saw plenty of ups and downs, but as businesses begin to reopen, the Chicago jeweler is.