I wonder if Chris England did the bead bazaar of Greater Washington...
The bead discussion site, nationalbeadsociety was a fun and vibrant site founded by the same fellow...it is how we discovered Anyboard software, which is what is used on this forum to this day. Chris England's original webmaster is who installed the software on BCN's original server.
A clean-shaven Chris was indeed at the DC Bead Bazaar with several tables of his treasures!