In case you are a shopper as well as politically savvy (as we know Bay Buzz readers are) and found yourself wondering why Gov. Charlie Crist chose a strip-mall jeweler to buy the ring for his fashionable bride-to-be....Read the full story here.

[Times photo: SCOTT KEELER -- Be Thi Dinh, shows off custom rings designed by her husband Hien Nguyen, at the Gold and Diamond Center Manufacturing, Inc., in St. Petersburg. The rings are similar in style to the sapphire engagement ring purchased by Gov. Charlie Crist last week.]