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Way back in 2008 as we were “spa shopping” to find where we would eventually open up our business, we contacted a spa in Toronto that had faded out from its former glory. Its owner at the time was a high-flyin, money-spendin, drug-lovin mafioso type of dude. Boy was he a sneaky slippery little duck!

After months of chasing him, canceled meetings, and his 7-day benders, we finally got to sit down with him to negotiate a sale/purchase price for Blue Pearl Spa. We eagerly explained our exciting intentions to bring the spa back to the hay days and its infamous “Blue Pearl BBQ’s” and other legendary features it used to possess under a previous owner.

Well….Mafioso dude was none too impressed with our giddy ideas and girl-scout-like energy….which included a rebranding of the old name into “The Pearl Girls”.

He looked us square in our eyes, laughed with cynicism, and said “850k. I can’t wait to see you 2 ladies flop. Ha! Like, what are you gonna tell me next, that you’re gonna sell fucking muffins at the front desk? Pft!” he said to us as we all sat in a Second Cup coffee shop.

We ended up buying a different location, but opening day, June 3rd 2009, we called good old Mafioso dude up, invited him to the grand opening, and got to hand him one of these badboys! “You joked about muffins, but we upgraded to cupcakes, Cupcake”. 🧁

He ended up losing his spa (say no to drugs, kids) and the next owner foreclosed on it as part of a plea deal for…you guessed it, drugs! He kicked himself for not selling to us. He would have swindled 850k from 2 girls with a nickle and a dream. 🧁

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